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Tuesday tantrums & some News …


Ok… today is a day to close your eyes breathe in through your nose slowly and deeply and release your breathe slowly … be still stay calm

Yesterday, the President announced his nominee pick for the Supreme Court, which was followed by a whole lot of whining , false reports and more rumors.  It is a side of Politics some in the News say is obvious yet it just seems like the President should get his pick and then follow the process without all the nonsense that seems to come with it.  We the People voted for Barack Obama and the vote the 53% the right to appoint and get who you want in place should come with all the power that any other President has had.

Though last night was both sad and disturbing; maybe it should enlighten people as well, AC360 had a birther who happened to have been a Military Officer, a well-known Doctor; who showed up with his lawyer who seemed more nutty than the doctor.  Is it just me or have we gone into to some twilight zone where people who have titles feel they are much more likely to know the truth to where our President is from? it was clearly an example of a guy who cracked who definitely was on the far right and is mad; maybe into making decisions that will affect him for the rest of his life … a Court Marshall… Cooper called him a once honorable man … corrected by Rolland Martin…thank goodness and just because you have a title does not mean you have a valid, legal or power challenge; specifically when the Hawaii Vital Stats has proved it beyond a reasonable doubt …and more important how many Presidents prior had to show their birth certificates eh? and tell me this is not a racist … maybe much more …that hair cut tipped me off … just sayin

For all those people who want our President to govern more left of center have to understand that Presidents have to at least work to get Congress and other lawmakers to come together … which, is center not left of center … that is how it works.

My take is that the job for We the People is to vote for people who are not extremists on either side, don’t practice exclusion and who believe in equal rights for all and from where i sit it looks like this is one of just a few problem points for Elena Kagan … that she doesn’t practice exclusion(Discrimination)… listen up people;  how middle America can you be with one parent being a Teacher the other a Tenant lawyer …

The BP oil spill is not just a spill anymore … what do we call it? an oil dump?  well, the oil dump on the Gulf Coast is almost 1 month now and what has not been talked about much …  what is going on on the Gulf floor … the blanket of oil on the floor of the water ways is very troubling and as we all think about whether BP and associates have made a good faith effort to deal with these kinds of accidents, they all seem content on pointing the finger at each other.  The group of  Three didn’t  seem to have had any emergency plan whatsoever and that is both disturbing and evidence that drilling cannot continue until companies have emergency plans, emergency equipment, boats in place ready to move in… not a month from the incident. It is also a sad thing to know that eleven people lost their lives and not much coverage in the News about that or what BP intends to do for those families.

Other News ..

The lettuce recall expands … Moore Ok, Yuma AZ, NY,Ohio and Michigan… Ohio based FreshWay Foods reported the 23State recall but the FDA is recalling more romaine lettuce from other States …

**UK’s PM Gordon Brown stepped down from office today;david cameron taking his position as Uk’s new PM today

**Reports of a new Climate Bill for consideration for Wednesday from Senators Kerry/Lieberman

**A Chilean judge ordered a Pakistani man to be held under an anti-terrorism law Tuesday after he was arrested in the U.S. embassy in Chile with traces of explosive on him.

**Flights to/from Morocco,Italy and Spain have effected ..check your flights asap

**The Obama Admin is working on new Drug controls

**A benefit/concert for the people on the Gulf Coast will include Lenny Kravitz



C-SPAN …

Nominee Kagan begins to lobby Senators

Supreme Court Justice Nominee Elena Kagan and the White House have begun their lobbying efforts with phone calls to Senators. She is expected to begin Hill visits tomorrow with an initial meeting with Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Confirmation hearings are expected to begin in early summer.

Oil leak Under CONGRESSIONAL Investigation

Executives from BP, Halliburton and Transocean appear at two Senate hearings today on the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak to the local economies, tourism, as well as wildlife and natural resources. The Senate Energy Cmte. is reviewing offshore oil and gas development and later the Senate Environment Cmte. will investigate the environmental impact.

Congress Looks at Safeguarding Wall Street

Last week, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped almost 1000 points from its previous closing number. Yesterday, Federal regulators agreed in principle to a system that would slow trading during periods of market volatility. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Schapiro will explain the terms of the agreement and respond to lawmaker’s calls to implement a “one size fits all” system before a House Financial Services subcmte. hearing.