Category Archives: Ethics

UPDATEx2: Another Ultimatum to Sheriff Joe

Sheriff Joe Arpaio now has until 9/10 to comply with a Justice Department request to explain his office’s “operations, policies and procedures” involving the arrest and detention of Hispanics, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.

Gee, sounds to me like the DOJ is putting words into the Sheriff’s mouth – trying to make it seem as though there is profiling, discrimination, bias going on.

Yet, the DOJ doesn’t seem to say anything about the violence and murders being perpetrated by the Mexican drug cartel members that have come across our southern border to perform their crimes on our citizens.

Unbelievable.

UPDATE: Here comes the lawsuit. Seems DOJ is claiming the following: alleged discrimination, unconstitutional searches and seizures, and having English-only policies in his jails that discriminate against people with limited English skills.
Cretins.

UPDATEx2: Apparently as a result of a Freedom of Information Act submission, ICE had cleared Sheriff Arpaio of any wrongdoing 5 months prior to the DOJ filing court papers against the Sheriff in 2010. Meaning, ICE investigated him in 2009 and now the DOJ is suing (in 2010) on those exact same charges back in 2009. Sheesh.

Off Target

EPA Decides NOT to ban lead ammunition.

They’re still sinking, er, thinking, about whatever to do about fishing sinkers.

Stormy Whether

Yup. Not a misspelling. Really.

What this refers to is that the White House counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, stormed out of the Washington Times offices after being asked questions regarding what he previously said about individuals who become terrorists

What we have here, is failure to keep control of one’s temper. Apparently. For someone in a high level position who is supposed to be consistent regarding our nation’s security.

Apology Tour Right Here

The AP reports on our latest pitch to the UN which is an admission of human rights shortcomings – by the U.S.

The 29-page “Universal Periodic Review” report was submitted to the Human Rights Council on Friday but was not published until Monday. Members of the council, which the United States joined only last year, are required to submit reviews of their rights records. The report was the first produced by the U.S. State Department.

President Barack Obama decided that the U.S. should run for a seat on the council.

The report’s findings were cautiously welcomed by human rights activists but will likely draw fire from conservatives who opposed joining the council. They said the U.S. should not be judged by countries with poor human rights records.

The administration sought to rebuff such criticism in the report, saying its participation in the review was not an acknowledgment “of commonality with states that systematically abuse human rights.”


… Kinda gets you right here, doesn’t it?

License Fee To Blog?

Philadelphia says, $300. Pay up.

I see it as an imminent threat to free speech. Kind of like wanting to regulate guns.

If they get you on a list, they can shut you down if they don’t like what they see or hear.

Post their pictures (of those Philly Cheese Takes) as the enemies to our U.S. Constitution that they are.

Otherwise, it could spread elsewhere.

U.S. Court Rules Against Obama’s Stem Cell Policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction on Monday stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, in a slap to the Obama administration’s new guidelines on the sensitive issue. (more …)

How about that? You can’t always get what you want, Mr. President.

This Is A Test At Ground Zero

Be sure to watch the video. Afterwards, tell us who the bigots are.

(hint: Mosque supporters, not athletic, rant against Jews then beat an Israeli supporter.)

Atlas Shrugs has Video

Of (guess who?), drum roll …

GROUND ZERO MOSQUE IMAM FEISAL’S EXTREMISM EXPOSED: IN HIS OWN WORDS: “the United States has more blood on its hands than al Qaida,” Elimination of Israel, the N-Word, “Fahrenheit 911”

Yup. Gotcha, Imam.

Administration Getting Into The Water

This can’t be good. An Executive Order, no less.

More from Michelle Malkin on this.

No Confidence

From Border Patrol agents AND ICE agents no less concerning the Administration on the issue of real border security.

Their point? The government will spend resources combating SB1070 rather than expend resources to effect better border patrol.

And ICE has been told to ‘prioritize‘. Yup. How about that.

I gotta say, yeah – priorities are definitely misplaced, misguided and mistaken.
On the part of our “leaders” (cough).

Apparently, there is no confidence inside Mexico either. Particularly when their own police kill their own Mayor.

All the more reason to put up a huge wall apparently.