AZ Governor knows the forests need to be thinned

“Mother Nature is saying to Arizona, to the West, that we have to clean up these forests. I hope the message gets across that we need to clean these forests.”—Arizona Governor Jane Hull, quoted in the article “Fighting fire with safer forests” on MSNBC.com. Finally, a high-ranking politician has stopped listening to the fradulent environmentalists, and started listening to good science.

—by Peter Sheerin at 5:50 PM {PermaLink}

Police balk at idea of becoming ‘quasi-INS agents’

So goes the article in the May 7 edition of USA TODAY, discussing why some police departments are refusing to enforce immigration laws. Police are supposed to enforce the laws, and if a person is in this country illegally, local police should not encourage more to do so by stating that they won’t enforce this law, or even cooperate with the INS.

—by Peter Sheerin at 4:30 PM {PermaLink}

Amtrak—Anaheim to Foster City in just 12 hours

I recently took my first trip on Amtrak—and boy, was it an eye-opener. I enjoyed much of the trip itself, getting to relax, roam about the train, code a few web pages, dine twice, and witness some fantastic scenery. But much about the trip was not pleasant, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it should be shut down and put out of its misery.

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—by Peter Sheerin at 8:36 PM {PermaLink}