Wow...just wow....

Recovery.gov:

Funding Amount $1,191,200

Description of Work/Service performed
2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED

I'm at a loss for words. This is honest government? This is a new era of hope and change? Not only have we not met any of the job growth statistics that Obama said the country would meet by now, but spending is out of control and taxes are about to go through the roof to pay for a healthcare system that probably won't work.

I really hope that you Democrats are feeling buyer's remorse. You deserve it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy my "Don't blame me, I voted for McCain" shirt.

Excuse me while I go puke

It's one thing to seriously negotiate with a psychotic dictator who openly calls for the destruction of our country. The President is expected to be a negotiator.

Barack Obama's meeting with Hugo Chavez was anything but serious.

Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency press office showing the President of the US, Barack Obama (L), and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez (R) shaking hands before the opening of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, on April 17, 2009.

Is anyone else completely sickened by this? Hugo Chavez is not the kind of person Obama is supposed to be buddy-buddy with. It's just one mistake after another with this guy. Unbelievable.

Joe Lunardi's bias is stunning

In his column here, Joe Lunardi shows his stunning anti-Arizona bias. I used to respect Lunardi, but now, his bias is absolutely disgusting. I mean, yeah, the guy's a pretty good guide to how the brackets will turn out since he's got a mid-90% success rate, but come on:

I have nothing against Arizona.

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There's still a place for a 7-9 team, by the way. It's called the NIT.

For the record, Mr. Lunardi, there are 10 teams in the Pac-10. That means that a team's conference record has to add up to 18. 7+9=/=18.

Mr. Lunardi either needs to lay off the bias and/or hackery, or he needs to brush up on elementary school math.

The Fry Mumia Chronicles

Good news:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost his bid for a new trial in the killing of a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.

The Supreme Court said Monday it will not take up Abu-Jamal's claims that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from the jury that convicted him of murdering Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld Abu-Jamal's conviction but held his death sentence invalid. The appeals court said it would not second-guess state court rulings rejecting Abu-Jamal's claims of bias in the composition of the jury.

So the title's a bit misleading and he's going to rot in jail for the rest of his life instead of getting the needle like he deserves. This whole cause célèbre thing is bullshit. The man killed a cop. The evidence is clear. He deserves to rot in jail.

I suggest reading this letter by Maureen Faulkner, widow of the police officer senselessly murdered by Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Furthermore, there's this quote by Mrs. Faulkner:

A jury of 12 convicted Mumia Abu-Jamal of murdering my husband, and for 25 years Abu-Jamal has been on death row acting as if he was a Hollywood superstar or political prisoner . . . He has a voice, and my late husband doesn’t.

All in all, this whole issue is trumped-up ridiculousness by a bunch of hack academia loonies who are trying to prove that the whole system is RACIST~!~!~!~! Now, I'm not going to deny that there are issues with racism in our legal system. The numbers cannot lie. However, in this single case, calling it racism is a straw man. He killed a cop and there's more than enough proof.