DarkStar Spouts Off

Latest Drop Squad Candidates

I present the members of the New Black Panther Party to be Drop Squaded for offering a bounty on George Zimmerman. Yes, I think Zimmerman belongs in jail and then should get a court date for murder, but offering a bounty on him? Way beyond uncalled for.

I also present Spike Lee for tweeting Zimmerman's address and if that wasn't bad enough, the address was wrong!

Actually, Drop Squading provides the opportunity for these people to get back in the good graces of Black people. Forget the Drop Squad. They should be forever banned from being Black!

Yeah! I said it! WHAT!!!!!

Baltimore Dem Mayor Supports Talking Homes Over Wrong Water Bills

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-water-bill-hearing-20120320,0,2989228.story

Rhonda Wimbish says she has been battling Baltimore officials over a $300 water bill — more than six times her normal rate — for more than a year.

Now Wimbish, a single mother of a disabled child, says her West Baltimore home is scheduled to go to tax sale over the bill, which she maintains is inaccurate.

"What do I do? Do I pay my inflated water bill or do I feed my child?" Wimbish said to a City Council committee Wednesday evening. "I've gone through your process. I've done everything I could to fight this bill."

Wimbish was one of scores of angry residents who packed a hearing on water bill errors.



Mayor Rawlings-Blake, a Black woman, supports the city selling homes as a tax lien sale when the water bills issued by the city are wrong.

There MUST be lawsuits over this!

Which Is More Important?

Two stories, actually, three but the third is a different post, have
me DEEPLY troubled.

The first, not because of order of importance, is this story about an
over weight boy being removed from his home and placed in foster care
for the "safety" of the kid. http://bit.ly/vrTck9


Authorities in Ohio, last week, determined that an overweight
(unnamed) 8-year-old boy was too fat, so they took him away from his
parents in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Officials told the parents that
they were not controlling his weight well enough.

The boy was reportedly over 200 pounds, well into the severely obese
category, according to Cleveland Plain Dealer. That extra weight puts
people at risk for diabetes, hypertension and other weight-related
disorders, doctors say.

The state’s Department of Children and Family Services insisted that
the third grader was being neglected, and that his mother was not
following doctors’ orders to control his weight.

The family’s lawyer disagrees, claiming that the state is overstepped
its role in taking the boy, and that his health risk factors do not
pose an imminent threat.


For an 8 year old boy, 200 pounds is in a dangerous zone. And from
what I hear on the radio, now, the government worked with the mother
for a year to do something about the boy's weight. My general concern
is, what is considered to be "too fat" and, given how government
starts at something "reasonable" and then quickly goes into the
unreasonable area, doesn't this set a dangerous precedent?

Suppose a child doesn't have access to the Internet at home? Will the
government then take kids from their parents because someone deems the
Internet to be "essential" to "healthy living"?

The second is something that is at least as frightening. Senate bill,
S. 1253, the National Defense Authorization Act, drafted by Sens. Carl
Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, R-Ariz., that would allow the arrest,
detainment, and lack of a trial, for a U.S. citizen, on U.S. soil, if
they are suspected of having "a relationship" with a
terrorist organization.

A U.S. citizen, being stripped of trial rights? And, as equally
important, the military being given authority to perform military
actions on U.S. soil without emergency action by Congress and the
President?

Hello?

Keeping It Plain on Occupy Wall Street #OWS

Plain and simple, they messed up by having "occupations" instead of one day protests, not that I am a fan of them. But when you get a group of people, "camping out," and the objective appears to make a noise and be noticed, there is going to be trouble when the people stay too long.

Were you upset at the amount of student loans you have? Well, blame yourself and/or your parents. You determined it was worthwhile to go into the debt you did for an education. If you want to get mad, get mad at Washington, because in the last bill to "fix" credit issues, congress made it so when a bankruptcy occurs, education loan debt can't be discharged.

And if you are upset at Wall Street, make sure you are also upset at politicians in D.C. because they worked hand in hand in their unholy alliance.

And, finally, you learned a good lesson this week. Early on, the Democrat politicians seemed to support you. But you overstayed your welcome, and now, the Democrats in power in the cities you camped out, are using the government to "suppress" you. The same government from which you are seeking REDRESS, is the same government willing to "SUPPRESS."

Remembering Katrina and NOT Remembering

I heard a few media people commenting on the "anniversary of Katrina", and I noticed something big missing. Yes, there were comments about the failure of FEMA, a comment asking why Ray Nagin was speaking about failures in the Katrina response when he was one of the main people who failed, and how New Orleans isn't coming back. 

But no one mentioned the police who killed a man on a bridge leading out of New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — In a verdict that brought a decisive close to a case that has haunted this city since most of it lay underwater nearly six years ago, five current and former New Orleans police officers were found guilty on all counts by a federal jury on Friday for shooting six citizens, two of whom died, and orchestrating a wide-ranging cover-up in the hours, weeks and years that followed.

The defendants were convicted on 25 counts, including federal civil rights violations in connection with the two deaths, for the violence and deception that began on the Danziger Bridge in eastern New Orleans on Sept. 4, 2005, just days after Hurricane Katrina hit and the levees failed.

“The officers convicted today abused their power and violated the public’s trust during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, exacerbating one of the most devastating times for the people of New Orleans,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said.  “I am hopeful today’s verdict brings justice for the victims and their family members, helps to heal the community and contributes to the restoration of public trust in the New Orleans Police Department.”   

And, as always, there was complete silence by the "law and order" conservatives about the police who broke the law and were convicted. Not one conservative mentioned the "Jack booted thugs" of the New Orleans police department, but they hadn't mentioned it up until this point, so why expect otherwise?

The U.S. Should Have Let Chrysler Fail and Saved $1.3 Billion

According to this, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion in the Chyrsler bailout.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. taxpayers likely lost $1.3 billion in the government bailout of Chrysler, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.

The government recently sold its remaining 6% stake in the company to Italian automaker Fiat, wrapping up the 2009 auto bailouts that were part of TARP.

Let me repeat, the U.S. TAXPAYERS GAVE AWAY $1.3 billion to a failing company!

For those of you who say the U.S. should get out of the wars we are in because other things can be done with the money, what about this?

The Balanced Budget Amendment Is A Joke

The idea that Republicans want to push a balanced budget amendment is a joke. It is nothing but a lame symbolic gesture.

1. Why wasn't this pushed when Republicans controlled congress and the presidency?
2. Given the accounting tricks that go on with Washington, how is there assurance they will use traditional accounting practices instead of shady accounting?
3. Congress and the President, _currently_, ignore the Constitution. How in the world will they be compelled to follow the Constitution if the a balanced budget amendment makes it out of congress and is ratified by the states?

If There Is A Violent Revolution, It's Going To Be Because of TSA

If there is a violent revolution in the United States, I swear it is going to be because of the insanity that happens under the guise of "security" by the TSA.

In the latest controversy surrounding Transportation Security Administration policies over intrusive body pat-downs, the agency sought to defend its actions in the case of a 95-year-old cancer patient who was forced to remove her adult diaper during a search.

Jean Weber of Destin, Fla., said she was escorting her mother, who suffers from leukemia, to Michigan on June 18 to live with family members before moving into an assisted living facility, according to published reports.

 

Weber told CNN that a TSA officer at Northwest Florida Regional Airport near Pensacola, Fla., felt something "suspicious" on her mother's leg during a patdown. Weber said her mother was taken to a private room. The officer then told Weber that her mother's Depend undergarment was wet and was getting in the way of a complete search. The officer asked for it to be removed, which Weber did in a restroom.

 

"It's something I couldn't imagine happening on American soil," Weber told the Panama City News-Herald Friday. "Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this."

I swear these folks, who have questionable IQ, do it for sick kicks. Seriously, are the people hired forced to undergo psychological evaluations? HOw many have control issues or are socio-paths?

Fox News vs. Comedy Central

How can Chis Wallace be serious in comparing Fox News to Comedy Central?

Isn't NEWS different in focus and presentation than COMEDY?

I mean, DAMN! I understand trying to "defend" your employer, but how do you defend your employer by trying to draw an equivalence between the two networks?

Release The Damn Photo!

Pres. Obama won't release the photograph.

RELEASE IT!

Don't want to incite more violence? Then why kill OBL??????

Damn! You look like a PUNK!

You think it was bad, BEFORE, when they were asking for the birth
certificate? OH, now it's ON!

Trump and the GOP

OK, let me understand this...

Donald Trump is making the media rounds as well as making political
rounds, saying he is thinking about running for the GOP nomination.
Meanwhile, he is supporting the birther cause, said we should take
control of Iraqi oil, impose tariffs on China, as well as other
things. I'm going to ignore that he is a straight up media whore and
lives by the P.T. Barnum statement, "There's a sucker born every
minute."

In media polls, Trump polls very high against other non-declared but
possible presidential GOP nomination candidates. Some Republican media
pundits are now starting to take aim at Trump in an effort to "knock
him out" before he starts. There is now a backlash against those
pundits by "grass roots" Republicans who are saying those going after
Trump are part of the GOP establishment.

Here is where I need help understanding some things.

Donald Trump PUBLICLY cheated on wife number one. Divorced her and
married "the other woman." He then divorced her and remarried.

Donald Trump "was" pro-choice until he started this media campaign,
and now he's "is" pro-life.

Donald Trump has STRATEGICALLY declared bankruptcy, multiple times.
One of those times, Donald Trump's father, who was wealthy when he
turned the business over to Donald Trump, went to one of the casinos
facing default, obtained millions of dollars worth of gambling chips,
and then left the casino.

Given real negatives like that, the Republican "grass roots" appear to
be supporting Trump? The "grass roots" that is said to be big on
family values and morals and personal responsibility?

[ UPDATE ]

I forgot to mention that Trump has given to numerous Democrats.

Donald Trump has said that Ronald Reagan was the worst president of all time.

Donald Trump has said that George W Bush was the worst president of all time.

This "Woman" Has Two KidsThis

This woman has two kids. She was concerned about them AFTER getting arrested.

She sure gains mother of the year nominations from me!

I trust you read that with the sarcasm that was intended.

DMV Awards and Chris Rock

Chris Rock did that famous bit about "African-Americans vs. Niggers".
Some people at the time were mad about what Chris Rock
said while others defended him. I was a defender.

[ UPDATED ]

Well, the DMV Awards proved Chris Rock was right.

SMH.

Fire, Sue, and Bankrupt!

If this is true, those who took part MUST be fired!

These garbage men really stink.

Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts -- a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles, The Post has learned.

Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south shore of Staten Island still remained treacherously unplowed last night because of the shameless job action, several sources and a city lawmaker said, which was over a raft of demotions, attrition and budget cuts.

"They sent a message to the rest of the city that these particular labor issues are more important," said City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens), who was visited yesterday by a group of guilt-ridden sanitation workers who confessed the shameless plot.

Halloran said he met with three plow workers from the Sanitation Department -- and two Department of Transportation supervisors who were on loan -- at his office after he was flooded with irate calls from constituents.

Then, bring out the BIG DOG lawyers and sue the city into bankruptcy! And sue the union as well, just in case they are a part of it! The reason for the lawsuit would be this:

One woman repeatedly called 911 after going into labour, but her call was classed as a low priority and the baby died in hospital after falling unconscious after it was born.

Sue them and bleed them until they walk around naked!

It Doesn't Matter

Burning the book or not doesn't matter. Islamic fanatics are going to do the mess they do, regardless.

Who Cares About "Dr" Laura?

Who cares about Dr. Laura?

The questions to ask are:

1. Why is a woman not telling her husband's friends that they are out of line?
2. Why is the husband brushing her off?
3. Why is the woman calling a talk in show?
4. If the husband is not responsive to her complaints about racism, and they are in an inter-racial marriage, should they be married?

The woman never stood up for herself when the first insults happened, otherwise they would not feel like it's a "joke" to continue to say things in her face that she finds offensive.

Word Of Advice

If you are a female, and you like to wear dresses and skirts, put some drawers on and you won't be AS em-bare-ASS-ed when some fool up skirts you.

[ UPDATE ]

Miley Cyrus, this means YOU!

Lemonade And Cookies

I don't care what the "amendment" to the proclamation "corrected."

RICHMOND -- After a barrage of nationwide criticism for excluding slavery from his Confederate History Month proclamation, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) on Wednesday conceded that it was "a major omission" and amended the document to acknowledge the state's complicated past.

A day earlier, McDonnell said he left out any reference to slavery in the original seven-paragraph proclamation because he wanted to include issues he thought were most "significant" to Virginia. He also said the document was designed to promote tourism in the state, which next year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

The declaration called on Virginians to "understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War."

However, Wednesday afternoon the governor issued a mea culpa for the document's exclusion of slavery. "The proclamation issued by this Office designating April as Confederate History Month contained a major omission," McDonnell said in a statement. "The failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that I apologize to any fellow Virginian who has been offended or disappointed."

To Gov. McDonnell and the proclamation supporters:

I piss on your confederate flag and I defecate on the proclamation, "adjusted" or not.

That is the same state that wanted to adjust the education curriculum to replace "slaves" with "citizens".

Why Tax Me When Your Software Is An Infected Wound

I saw this on InfoWorld:

How will we ever get a leg up on hackers who are infecting computers worldwide? Microsoft's security chief laid out several suggestions Tuesday, including a possible Internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of machines.

Today most hacked PCs run Microsoft's Windows operating system, and the company has invested millions in trying to fight the problem.

If they had a more secure O/S, the problem would not be this bad. So, with that in mind:

So who would foot the bill?

"Maybe markets will make it work," Charney said. But an Internet usage tax might be the way to go. "You could say it's a public safety issue and do it with general taxation," he said.

In other words, Micro$oft has a problem that it wants EVERYONE ELSE to pay to help fix?

How about this?

Everyone go to Linux and Mac?

WT???? I.R.S. Hypocrisy

[ UPDATED ]

This is the definition of hypocrisy.

The I.R.S. wants to regulate tax preparers to "reduce errors".

The Internal Revenue Service plans to test, register and screen people who get paid to prepare tax returns, stepping into a virtually unregulated business on which millions of Americans depend for crucial financial services.

The agency wants to crack down on preparers who do shoddy or fraudulent work and create a way for consumers to make more informed choices -- though the moves could increase the cost of having tax returns prepared.

Yet, the I.R.S. question error rate error rate for questions answered is, I think, 40% 20%, AND, it has been ruled that if you base your return on answers the I.R.S. gave you, and the answers were wrong, you are still liable for the tax AND penalty if the I.R.S. audits you and finds the error!

Michael Steele: Shut Your Trap

[Updates for spelling and grammar]

Michael Steele, you are demanding an apology from Sen. Reid for comparing opposition to the health care bill to slavery. Frankly, I don't like what Sen. Reid said and I think an apology is appropriate. However, for YOU, Michel Steele, to ask for it, for YOU, a person who loves to say Blacks who are not Republicans are on the plantation, to make the demand, is outrageous!

Michael Steele, shut the hell up!

I Think Only Maryland Had A KIPP School Fail

If I remember correctly, the only KIPP school to fail was a school in Maryland. That becomes important when you read this:

But they also managed, in coming to the public charter school known as KIPP Ujima Village Academy, to underscore another point: Obama is serious about challenging teachers unions to think differently.

The academy, with 375 students in grades 5 to 8 in the Park Heights neighborhood, is part of a national network called the Knowledge Is Power Program. The school trimmed 45 minutes from its daily class schedule and canceled Saturday classes this fall in response to a pay dispute with the Baltimore Teachers Union. Longer school days and weeks are part of KIPP's formula for raising student achievement in poor urban areas.

KIPP leaders say they had paid their teachers a 20 percent premium to work longer days, but the union had said the school was not paying enough. So KIPP Ujima's school day is 8 1/2 hours instead of 9 1/4 . That's still longer than a regular school day. But KIPP leaders contend that the methods that produced some of the city's best test scores, in a school where most students are from low-income families, have been compromised and that the network might have to pull out of Maryland if the conflict is not resolved.

Pulling out of Maryland is EXACTLY what the Maryland public school system wants! They don't want charter schools at all. In fact, Maryland has the strongest anti-charter regulations in the United States.

Andres A. Alonso, chief executive of Baltimore schools, joined Gingrich and Sharpton and said he admires KIPP but wants all of the city's schools to have autonomy and success. He said the city school system is making progress.

And, again, Andres Alonso is a putz!

P.S. Again, Democrats show they are the ones standing in the public school doorway!

P.P.S. Check out the BCPS category for more of my rants.

1900+ Pages

If a Representative or Senator had 10 people to read equal pages of the bill, they would each read 190+ pages. Didn't some Representative say there is no way they could read long bills?

Does it take 1900+ pages to "reform health care"? 

Do you think it is likely there are things not related to "reforming health care" in the bill?

Do you think it is likely that there are conflicting provisions in the bill?

Do you think it is likely the legal mumbo jumbo was written in a way to be intentionally obtuse?

There is no damn way this is a good bill.

Spouting Off On: I Am Not A Partisan

I am not a partisan.

I am not a partisan because I think and I try to think logically.

I am not a partisan because to be a partisan, means I have to ignore facts that don't make any ideas I have from "my side" look bad.

I am not a partisan because I am a realist, some say cynic.

I am not a partisan because a good idea is a good idea; period.

I am not a partisan because I am God created and confident in the abilities given to me by God.

I am not a partisan because I am a grown a** man.

If I don't fit your idea of a Black person or of a Republican, that's your problem and I refuse to make it my problem.

Roderick, I am a Republican because I am. Grow up and then deal with it.

Complaining About The Cost Of Trying To Get The Olympics

Everyone who complained about the cost of President Obama and the first lady for trying to get the Olympics, need to shut up.

What was the cost of the Bush family attending the Olympics when he was president?

He has "more important things to do"? Since when is trying to get the Olympics, and corresponding income to the U.S. not important?

He tried, he failed, move on and grow up.