Posted on 03/14/2007 8:41:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Thanks CC for the (((ping))) as always
Howdy.
Top 10.
Morning.
Hey all! Out for 30 minutes. In a weight lifting class.
Rush speaking to the Democracts? All those armed men? NO WOMEN? GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!
Don't strain anything.
You know she is right. Clinton fired folks who wanted to prosecute crimes and the Bush fired folks who didn't want to prosecute crimes.
See how easy that was???
Big deal out of nothing.
Only 30 minutes? I can wait to lift longer than that.
Thanks for the ping. I would have been late without it.
Welcome.
I thought Diana Ross was going to stink as a coach. I was wrong. She said mostly the right things. I am eating my humble pie. *chomp* *chomp* *chomp* But, she needs to learn the word 'enunciate' instead of 'pronunciate.' Just a suggestion.
Paula made sense. Randy spoke the truth. Simon was…Simon.
1) Brandon- Mediocre. Out of tune. Boring. Meh. Forgot the words. That is pathetic. Props to Randy, telling him he sounded like a background singer.
2) Ms. Dootles- Wow. Love her. Continues to impress. She sold a boring song. Paula cries. I cry. Simon calls her a young Gladys Knight. Four great and solid performances. :)
3) Chris 'Fraggle' Sligh- What the hell was that? He changed the melody? A beautiful melody?? Ugh. Diva. Horrible arrangement. Messy. His worst performance. It felt endless. Thank you Simon, he murdered a beautiful song. He belongs in Los Vegas at a cheap hotel.
4) Gina 'Cher'- Yawn. Awful. She made an exciting song really boring. How can she possibly have good vocal diction if she is constantly wearing that tongue ring??? She's just being stupid trying to be hip.
5) Sanjaya- Should not even be there. Period. Every time he opens his mouth, he's a mess. OMG! The hair!?!?!? Looks like Cousin It exploded on his head. UGH!!! I HATED every element of his performance. Hate. America, please get rid of him. Please. I am begging. (Hey Simon, more like Banshee screams from Diana!)
6) Hayley- Poor girl. Just out of her league. It was excruciating. Forgot the words, and was flat. She made my ears bleed…badly.
7) Phil 'StarTrekBaldChick'- "I'm going to make you love me."—not me, dude. Not that great. Please, stop shouting at me. Thank you.
8) Lakisha- Kiki?? Moving on… Great. Love. She shows she can grow and not have to shout every song. I like this. Nice dress, wrong color—should be darker.
9) Blake- Nice outfit. Bore beat boxing. Yawn. Diana Ross didn't like his 'new' arrangement. Major props to Randy, "Let the classics be the classics." Amen. Simon hated it—so did I. Blake-ize! Ha! He's a poseur. He's just rank.
10) Stephanie 'Josephine Baker'- Fugly dress. Horrid. Very shrieky on the glory notes. Forgot the words. No up-tempo part. What is the point of singing the song?? Awful arrangement. Chose the wrong song.
11) Chris Timberlake- Speaking of cheesy Love Boat lounge acts…total karaoke. Leave the falsetto alone, my scared pets will thank you. Simon called it dreadful. 'Nuff said.
12) Jordin- Whoa! Looked super hot in that red dress! Boy, she's cute. I don't like this song…ok, I hate this song. Performance was all corny. Opening was good, but when the chorus hit she fell apart in her pitch. Girl has talent! I hope she does well in the future.
A Melinda/Lakisha finale would be great. America, do the right thing!
THE SEAL: Brandon; Gina; Hayley
THE BOOT: Hayley
Wish Rush and some of the other radio shows would start talking about this event that the MSM is not reporting:
"ACLU ex-president charged in child-porn case"
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070223-104642-1644r.htm
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 24, 2007
Federal authorities yesterday charged the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, who serves as a leader of youth sports organizations in the state, with receiving and possessing child pornography.
Charles Rust-Tierney, 51, of Arlington, was named in a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria and was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Arlington County police.
His arrest was announced by Arlington police after an initial court appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry R. Poretz. The arrest, according to court documents, came after ICE agents and Arlington police -- armed with federal warrants -- searched Mr. Rust-Tierney's home.
Mr. Rust-Tierney, a former public defender in the District, was identified in court documents as having coached various youth sport teams in and around Arlington County. He is being detained pending a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.
A call to his home went unanswered yesterday.
ICE officials had no comment on the case. One agent said in a sworn affidavit yesterday that Mr. Rust-Tierney has subscribed to various child-pornography Web sites over the past several years.
The affidavit states that Mr. Rust-Tierney also admitted to an agent yesterday that he had downloaded videos and photos, which were found in a search of his home, from child-porn sites.
ICE officials noted that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales last year created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. attorneys' offices nationwide, the program marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute people who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims.
Speaking for the ACLU, Mr. Rust-Tierney was a leading proponent in the late 1990s for unrestricted access to the Internet, arguing before the Loudoun County Library Board that people would "continue to behave responsibly and appropriately while in the library" and that "maximum, unrestricted access to the valuable resources of the Internet" should be allowed.
He said the Internet was "rapidly becoming an essential tool for learning and communication," and that libraries played "a vital role in assuring that the Internet is universally available to all segments of the population on an equitable basis."
Mr. Rust-Tierney also argued that parents should have the primary responsibility for setting rules for their children regarding Internet access, and that "older minors should have access to resources appropriate for their age group, even if such materials may be considered by some parents to be unsuitable for younger minors."
His arguments were in response to a ruling in a pending case by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in Virginia who said the Loudoun County Internet policy violated the First Amendment.
"Regardless of any future proceedings related to that litigation, the ACLU of Virginia urges the board to carefully consider a new Internet use policy that allows for maximum Internet access while providing options to parents and other users who may be concerned about unwanted content."
Mr. Rust-Tierney's wife, Diann Rust-Tierney, is executive director of the D.C.-based National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
And Mr. Bill O'Reilly wrote about it also:
And here is more from a google search:
"Charles Rust-Tierney: Video's Were Of Infant And Toddler Sexual Torture. Former head of the VA ACLU was into infant sexual torture videos. ..."
My own private Global Warming Update:
Got up close to 70 yesterday.
29 right now, and a couple inches of snow reported over in Billings (which is commonly held to be the Banana Belt for Montana weather).
LOL
Ask Al if he wants to try for a different theory as basis for his new religion.....it just seems that all of these Global Warming extravaganzas keep getting superseded by Snow Days.
O'Reilly has been all over that story.
It was 72 here yesterday. Temps will drop this weekend.
I had his ed in a British paper, but cannot locate it now. I do not catch his show so I won't know if he has been following up on it.
There are some good blogs about it.
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