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Cuccinelli Ready to file Third Lawsuit–EPA is New Target
Now the AG Ken Cuccinelli is ready to file his third lawsuit against the United States of America. This time his is suing the EPA because they have said greenhouse gases and carbon emissions are harmful. According to Lychburg’s News and Advance:
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli stands ready to take more legal action against the federal government if the Environmental Protection Agency announces new fuel economy standards for vehicles Wednesday, he said in Lynchburg on Tuesday.
Cuccinelli has sued the EPA over its finding that greenhouse gases harm people, and if it issues regulations Wednesday that are based on that finding, “We will sue them again,” he told the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Virginia’s Democratic Party renewed its accusations Tuesday that two Cuccinelli lawsuits against the federal government over global warming and health care are wasting the state’s resources “to wage a personal, political fight.”
Apparently the AG missed seeing our atheletes disembark from the plane in Bejing 2 summers ago. Some of them were wearing gas masks because of the horrible air quality in that city. Where does the AG think that smog comes from? Could it be the millions of cars in that city?
What stance will out BOCS take on his new lawsuit? Will they be sending him atta-boy letters on Prince William County Board of Supervisors letterhead? At least one supervisors feels he was looking out for the people of Prince William County during the last letter of praise that went out to the AG. Will they be willing to look out for us now, since we live in one of the most impacted emissions areas? Will there be a directive for the AG, Cuccinelli to knock it off on our behalf?
The AG says these lawsuits only cost the $385 filing fee. Yea. Right. Is he also ignoring that we are all Americans and what the cost is double? We will pay the Virginia fees and the United States fees. Perhaps the AG forgot we are Americans. Meanwhile, I am not unconvinced that the AG ran for office just to advance his personal agenda and that we have given him the platform to do it. I have to get used to this new idea that carbon emissions and green house gas emissions are good for me. Why don’t I just go back to smoking?
Phoebe Prince Story Finally Brings Bullying Into the Light of Day (plus a few other unspoken details)
Hopefully Phoebe Prince’s life was not in vain. Bullying has been around since the caveman. However, never has the emphasis been so keen as now. It seems that the death of Phoebe Prince has become the Columbine of school bullying.
As more is being told about this tragic event, we find out that that the root of the problem was because Phoebe caught the eye of one of the star football players. The statutory rape charge resulted from the fact that he was 18 and she was 15. He was also one of her harassers. His girlfriend and her buddies then got into the act of persecuting Phoebe for going out with her boyfriend. You know, that all too familiar case where it is all the girl’s fault and the boy is off the hook for any wrong doing. At any rate, on the last day of her life, Phoebe was hit with an energy drink can thrown from a car when she was walking home from school. She went into her house and hanged herself with a scarf given to her on her birthday.
Tea Party Blogger CargoSquid Gives a Different Perspective and Condemns the Browning Signs
Elena and I have jumped all over the tea party movement. However, 2 of our contributors are avowed tea party people. Today’s guest feature is from Cargosquid, one of our regulars. He discusses what conservatives blogs are doing to monitor their own, so to speak. Many people, both conservative, liberal and moderate were naturally upset by the Browning signs. Without further ado, here’s Cargosquid: (The guest post does not necessarily represent the views of moonhowlings.net administration.)
In earlier threads, concern was raised over two different incidents, one alleged and one obvious, at the recent rally in DC. I do not call this a Tea Party Protest or Rally because it was not organized by the various Tea Parties but by a Congressman that called for Americans concerned with the legislation to rally at the Capitol.
I thought that I would present some follow up to both.
The first was the alleged chant of a racial epithet shouted at the Black Caucus as they walked through the crowd. Evidence shows that the walk was recorded by them, looking for evidence that they could use. Apparently, the Black Caucus feels that they appearance would cause racists to come out of the woodwork. Various videos that recorded the walk have been uploaded to You Tube, show that the alleged incident never happened, and that the claimers were lying. In fact, as I stated, those videos show that the Black Caucus, themselves, recorded the march. And nothing has come from their recordings.
The Ipad is coming! The Ipad is coming!
Tomorrow is the big day! There is more excitement over the new apple Ipad than there is over the Easter bunny. Saturday, April 3, 2010, the Ipad goes on sale in Apple stores across the nation. Even the Apple employees have yet to see a real one.
Some of us love gadgets and cannot wait. I didn’t order one. I want to wait for the 3G one. It costs $130 more but you can drive around with it. Why be tethered to your wi-fi. Supposedly kids fight over them. No kid had better touch mine when I get it. It sounds like a good way to draw back a bloody stump.
Roeder Sentenced to Hard 50
Scott Roeder, convicted killer of Dr. George Tiller of Witchita, Kansas was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday. In that neck of the woods, it’s called ‘The Hard 50.’ He would not be eligible for parole until after 50 years. Roeder is 52 years old so he will probably died in prison. He sat quietly in court but has remained arrogant without remorse, according to the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
This is a significantly dangerous man,” said Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston, who argued that Dr. Tiller’s murder was “an act of terrorism” committed by a man who, although perhaps “acting as a lone wolf, has been so affected by terrorist ideas and ideals.”
Tenacious O–Jon Stewart finds Obama’s Kryptonite
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Wascally Wule of Law Revisited
The previous former thread by this name just met with an unfortunate accident. The short version is, I started the thread in the kitchen and finished it in the living room. I was in the kitchen, saw the half started thread and clicked delete, not realizing it would take the entire thread down since it was only one sentence.
Live and learn. It apparently is gone, never to come back.
Basically, it was the following, from the Richmond Times Dispatch:
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office says records that would document the time, resources and meetings involved in its lawsuit against federal health-care legislation either don’t exist or are classified as confidential “working papers” of the agency.
Stephen R. McCullough, senior appellate counsel for Cuccinelli, was responding to a request under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act filed by Democratic Party officials and several media outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Governor McDonnell’s Favorite President
Geroge Washington is Governor Bob McDonnell’s favorite president. He spoke of him in his acceptance speech and quoted him during his inagural speech. Strange that McDonnell would chose Washington who was a federalist. Jeff Shapiro of the Richmond Times Dispatch has an interesting take on McDonnell’s hero.
How is McDonnell’s choice of Washington as a favorite president inconsistent with McDonnell’s own principles? Is it possible to admire someone who politically disagrees with us? Or can we evaluate a person in the times they lived, using those standards, rather than our own?
