Palin Not Guilty

I heard it on the radio driving home tonight, so I don't know the details. But, it seems the entity higher than the one finding Palin guilty of wrongdoing when she fired whoever it was she fired ruled that she is NOT guilty of any wrongdoing.

Um, take that to the bank? A-hem.

Musician vs Wyeth now in Supreme Court

This is Diana Levine, a guitarist and pianist who had to have her right arm amputated because of a "botched" injection of Phenergan, an anti nausea drug made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. A Vermont jury awarded Levine $6.7 million saying that the warning of risks of improper administration of the drug was not clear on the label. The case is now before the Supreme Court to decide the issue of whether the federal government can limit consumer lawsuits in cases where people have been harmed by prescription drugs. Wyeth is arguing that drug makers cannot make changes to labels without FDA approval and states cannot bring charges against a federally approved drug. As I recall, it wasn't that long ago that Wyeth faced a lot of negative press when the drug PremPro came under fire for actually causing cancer and osteoporosis in menopausal women instead of reducing the risks as the giant drug maker claimed. Levine is just another notch in its long list of people harmed in the mad rush to market drugs not fully researched. Lab rats, that's all we are; and there is no doubt people have far fewer rights than large corporations.

Obama: How Deep Does it Have to be Before it Matters?

That is the question I am going to ask you with a very heavy stomp of my foot for emphasis. If you've been watching or reading the news, you recognize the photo to be the entrance to Obama's aunt's Boston apartment. Aunt Zeituni Onyango lives in public housing and holds a job with the housing authority, and a four year old standing order to leave the country after her request for asylum was rejected. Said aunt attended his senatorial swearing in ceremony and has contributed to his presidential campaign - illegally, since only citizens can contribute. Also coming to light is the frequent visits Obama paid family members in Kenya, even one to introduce his wife-to-be to them. Family members have also traveled here to visit Obama and other friends.

Again, another angry stomp of my foot. How much more can this country learn about this man that screams of anti Americanism and still ignore it? His own past associations right here in the US negates any possibility of a non-classified National Agency Check clearance, and is at the top of my list of things that raise quite a few red flags in my mind. I had to pass a NAC in order to work in a position that served the families of deployed soldiers, and that did not require access to any military information whatsoever. I wouldn't want the safety of this country in the hands of such a person.

Nevermind that he has been caught in more lies during this campaign than I've told in my entire lifetime, and the backstabbing way he's conducted his campaign. Forget that everything he's proposing has been tried and failed before. And pay no attention to the list of characters of ill repute and intention that he has closely associated with. Don't ask where all this campaign money is coming from at a time when the whole country has sewed shut its collective wallet during the worst economic period since the 1920s.

Look, I have no more evidence than you. I base my opinions on the same news stories you read. I am no more able to glean what is true from what is fabrication than you are. All this "evidence" is circumstantial, though a good news source would validate the claims made.

But, consider this: It is possible to win a murder trial based on circumstantial evidence, even without a body as proof that a murder occurred. The evidence has to pass the test of "beyond a reasonable doubt" in order to return a verdict of guilty.

I've seen more than enough evidence to reasonably deduce that Obama should be laughed out of the room for even thinking about running for the highest office in the land. What an arrogant, self-serving narcissist!

And just how naive can Americans be? How deep does the pile of evidence have to be before it matters to you?