Conservative Culture

Just a bit piece by the Boring Made Dull. It’s about now former Driver for Marc Dann until the man who carried a 9mm was a former felon. Sure make it tough on law abiding citizens but fail to do background check on someone so close in the government. Unless it was pushed aside by the AG…. questions?

A minor story from Dayton Daily News – Marc Dann’s official driver is carrying a concealed, state issued, 9mm handgun.

As long as he’s trained, licensed, and keeps in practice, no problem.

The real kicker was a throwaway line at the end of the piece:
“David Nelson, who once served as Dann’s driver, was fired in May when it surfaced that he was responsible for another man’s shooting death 30 years ago.”
Huh? How is this relevant? Well, turns out that if you have spent time in the Hotel Greybar on an involuntary manslaughter rap, you might not be able to find work in Government security.

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Let me get this right. These terrorists killing for Allah practice Islam but they really aren’t Islam. So these non-Islam terrorists are really only pretending to be… terrorist or Muslim or both? Wow. Now I am so confused. See what happens when you read their arguments. You get all brain dead. Wow. So close to where they Islamic terrorist want you to be. Let them help you finish that last step. So stop calling them that right now or we’ll kill you. Oh, heck they would say we will kill you either way. Enjoy.

STOP The ACLU:

“A coalition of American Muslim groups is demanding that Sen. John McCain stop using the adjective “Islamic” to describe terrorists and extremist enemies of the United States.

Muneer Fareed, who heads the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), told The Washington Times that his group is beginning a campaign to persuade Mr. McCain to rephrase his descriptions of the enemy. “We’ve tried to contact his office, contact his spokesperson to have them rethink word usage that is more acceptable to the Muslim community,” Mr. Fareed said. “If it’s not our intent to paint everyone with the same brush, then certainly we should think seriously about just characterizing them as criminals, because that is what they are.”

An aide to Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee who is counting on his pro-Iraq war stance to attract conservative voters, said the senator from Arizona will not drop the word.

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I really think the story about the teacher burning crosses is probably a lie created by some parents. Or at least it’s being made out to be something more than reality. If he was doing this the issue wouldn’t be what was being burned into the arms. So that makes this motivated in a way that smells. The teacher has a Bible on his desk, at least according to the first story. Now he is distributing it to students (did they ask for them?) and burning crosses on their arms. It’s reported in a way to make it sound like he is evil.

An interesting thing is that the constitution says

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

How is that related to the schools which were once simply public schools and run locally. It betrays the fact that the federal government has taken over our schools and made them national institutions of indoctrination? Read the great wisdom of our educators when they make statements about the Constitution. They are responsible for teaching our children about this nation. We are in trouble indeed. Regardless how it turns out about the teacher this article says more than we might have wanted to know.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — A public school district in Ohio says it has hired an independent investigator to look into allegations by parents that a teacher used an electrostatic device to burn crosses on to students’ arms.

The Mount Vernon City School District has assigned an administrator to monitor the classroom of eighth-grade science teacher John Freshwater until the investigation is over.

It’s the district’s latest run-in with Freshwater, who last week refused to obey an order to remove a Bible on his desk from view of students.

Freshwater also is accused of handing out Bibles to students and teaching the meaning of Good Friday and Easter.

School district officials say they are required by the U.S. Constitution not to promote religious beliefs.

No one answered calls made to Freshwater’s home on Tuesday afternoon.

Mount Vernon is about 40 miles northeast of Columbus.

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The White House has said the agents have not filed for clemency. Apparently they are awaiting the completion of their appeals. However, the President I believe could pardon them without the paperwork. If anyone can enlighten us on the process for clemency, please do. In the meantime we wait… and wait…. and wait……

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn is again calling for presidential clemency in the case of two Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug smuggler.

The Texas Republican, joined by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter to President Bush on Monday, urging him to commute the sentences of former agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, who are serving terms of 12 and 11 years.

The two were convicted last year of shooting Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila and attempting to cover up the shooting. Mr. Aldrete-Davila pleaded guilty to federal drug smuggling charges last week.

Mr. Aldrete-Davila “admitted transporting two loads of marijuana both over 740 pounds valued at approximately $1 million each,” the senators wrote. “What is even more startling is that Mr. Aldrete-Davila could end up serving less prison time than Agents Ramos and Compean.”

The White House referred inquiries to the Justice Department; a spokesman there said neither Mr. Compean nor Mr. Ramos has filed a clemency petition.

Mr. Ramos and Mr. Compean have appealed their conviction to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and are awaiting a ruling. Justice Department guidelines for clemency petitions say that requests are generally not accepted from people who have ongoing appeals.

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