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Firenze Sage: Justice for sale

Man required to pay $100 fine for a 40 year old ticket which was dismissed = justice for sale.

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Dike, goddess of fair judgements & justice, lost!

A Rhode Island man has finally settled a warrant issued for a traffic violation in Massachusetts nearly four decades ago.

Michael Young, of Warwick, R.I., asked a judge in Attleboro District Court on Tuesday to dismiss a driving to endanger charge issued in September 1974.

The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro reports that Judge Daniel O’Shea noted that half the people in court had not even been born at the time of the traffic violation. He granted Young’s request, dismissing the case with payment of $100 in court costs. The court just had to get its lousy $100. The defendant should have demanded a jury trial unless they dropped the $100.

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Some information about the judge:
Judge Daniel J. O’Shea is the new Attleboro District Court first justice. The full press release follows:

Lynda M. Connolly, Chief Justice for the District Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court, appointed Honorable Daniel J. O’Shea as First Justice of the Attleboro District Court, effective March 30, 2010.

Judge O’Shea graduated cum laude from the New England School of Law, and was admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 1990. Before his 2005 appointment to the District Court by Governor Mitt Romney, Judge O’Shea was an Administrative Judge and Senior Judge at the Department of Industrial Accidents. Other legal experience includes his time as a Staff Attorney for the Commonwealth Energy System and Adjunct Faculty positions at Suffolk University, Stonehill College, Anna Maria College, Quincy College and his alma mater Norwich University. He also serves on the Appellate Division of the District Court.

In making this appointment Chief Justice Connolly stated, “Judge O’Shea brings a solid record of achievement to the position of First Justice. He is bright, capable and hardworking, and he has extensive administrative experience. Judge O’Shea is an accomplished judge and is someone who will work collaboratively with the various entities in the community that interact with the Attleboro District Court.”

The First Justices of the District Courts are selected from among the entire pool of District Court Judges by the Chief Justice of the District Court, subject to the approval of the Chief Justice for Administration and Management. First Justices serve five-year terms which are subject to renewal at the end of that period.
The Attleboro District Court serves the communities of Attleboro, Mansfield, North Attleboro and Norton and is located at 88 N. Main Street, Attleboro, MA 02703.

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$4.8 BILLION in earmarks still in budget.

Cut 4.8 BILLION PORK

Here we thought no more earmarks. Nope. Still 4.8 billion remain. Time to discuss this issue openly and cut them. See below:

“USA Today reported this week that billions in earmarks remain tucked into the funding measure that keeps the federal government running for the remainder of the fiscal year. Congress is debating right now how much to cut from the measure, yet these secret earmarks are not being openly discussed by members of Congress.

“That’s unfortunate. Earmarks should be low hanging fruit for the cost-conscious legislator. They are special interests projects requested by individual members of Congress.

The USA Today story indicates that the House-passed short term funding measure fully funds $5 billion in existing earmarks. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has submitted legislation, in the form of an amendment to a “small business jobs bill,” to remove these projects.

According to USA Today, (Half of ‘earmark’ spending untouched in GOP bills,) $4.8 billion in earmarks are hidden in the defense, military construction and veterans affairs were left untouched by the Continuing Resolution (CR) that funds the government until April 8th:
House Republicans who crafted two short-term spending bills made $5.3 billion in cuts by going after some of Washington’s least popular spending: those congressional pet projects known as “earmarks.” Even so, a congressional report shows they left $4.8 billion in earmarks untouched — and critics of congressional pork say they should go after it. “Many in Congress promised taxpayers a full earmark moratorium, not a half moratorium,” says Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., an earmark opponent who requested the report from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service. “Protecting nearly $5 billion in earmarks from cuts sends the wrong message to taxpayers.”

Much of the information comes from a March 17 report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS). According to that report, “funding that was made available to accounts for earmarks in FY2010 would still be available to the agency for obligations in FY 2011.” Uh-oh. The CR that states that “all of the earmark disclosure lists from the FY 2010 appropriations ‘shall have no legal effect’ for FY2011.” This leads one to conclude that all of these apparent reductions in earmarks are fake spending cuts.

If the Congress were to delete the approximately $10 billion in earmarks from the FY2010 process, one could make an argument that those funds never would have been expended (because of the “no legal effect” language) and that the American people should not believe that $10 billion in the final number of cuts are real cuts to spending for this fiscal year.

Sen. Coburn’s legislation would eliminate all of these old earmarks and other special interest earmarks from the federal budget. One earmark Coburn would repeal is a tax credit for “Volumetric Ethanol.” That move alone would save $6 billion in taxpayer money.

Another Coburn legislative item would bar federal unemployment benefits to those earning over $1 million a year. The senator’s office says this amendment would save taxpayers $20 million:

According to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, as many as 2,840 households who have reported an income of $1 million or more on their tax returns were paid a total of $18.6 million in unemployment benefits in 2008. This included more than 800 earning over $2 million and 17 with incomes exceeding $10 million.

Coburn also defunds earmarks in the FY 2010 defense appropriations bill. One example: a $20 million earmark for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Massachusetts. Elsewhere, highway and mass transit earmarks call for nearly $700 million in extra spending.

A major obstruction to Coburn’s efforts to pull the plug on earmarks is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Coburn has been offering this legislation as amendments to pending bills. Leader Reid has refused to let the Oklahoman call up any of his amendments to the small business jobs bill preventing a vote. The President also shares some blame for not calling for the CRs to eliminate all earmarks. Nor do House Republicans win any plaudits here; they have yet to pass a short term CR without earmark funding.

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Cat scans & Lab reports …

vet bill for cat scan & lab report

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away.”

The distressed woman wailed, “Are you sure?” “Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead,” replied the vet..

“How can you be so sure?” she protested. “I mean you haven’t done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something.”

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck’s owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck.”
The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman..

The duck’s owner, still in shock, took the bill. “$150!” she cried, “$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!”

The vet shrugged, “I’m sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it’s now $150.”

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Firenze Sage: Calling Batman!

Batman needed to clean up Gotham City –aka Californai —

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Gov. Jerry Brown ordered state agencies on Wednesday to do a better job collecting money after an audit discovered that 11 state agencies had failed to gather $13.3 million in debts, mostly from employees who received cash advances.

In California the gift of public funds is a felony.
Oh and is this a surprise? At the top of the violator list were the Highway patrol and the Franchise tax board. FirenzeSage48@gmail.com

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Firenze Sage: Next they come for the children…

TSA Agents Pat Down 6-Year-Old Girl: MyFoxDFW.com

The shock of a video of a Transportation Security Administration screener patting down a 6-year-old child has drawn anger.
But the TSA’s actions were not improper, says Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Napolitano described the rationale behind such screening – saying everyone must be screened, because otherwise an exempted group could be exploited for a potential terrorist attack.I wonder.

Remember the Homeland Security,FBI, and Captain Marvel showing up at the home of the person who dared video maintenance crews entering secure areas with a key card.

Perhaps we can exempt 6yr olds in exchange for frisking the janitorial crew.
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Firenze Sage: Man really bites dog.

Man really bites dog after dog captured him for theft. Man sues saying dog violated his civil rights. Man in prison for 8 years.

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Man really bites dog & gets 8 years

A 33-year-old man who bit back after he was caught by a Phoenix police dog is suing the police.

Erin Sullivan alleges the dog violated his civil rights and used excessive force to capture him after he ran from officers in Glendale during a burglary investigation last year.

Police say Sullivan bit the dog back, injuring it. Poor ole Sully is Quarantined for 8 years.

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$105 BILLION Trojan Horse of ObamaCare not “nickels & dimes” as Obama claimed on open microphone.

Obama refers to current $105 billion spent for ObamaCare as nickels and dimes. No, this is not chump change.

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$105 billion Trojan Horse ObamaCare

It’s not chump change — the $105 BILLION Trojan Horse of ObamaCare already loosed on the American public. Like the 30 men hidden in the Greek Trojan Horse who opened the gates that the Greeks could enter & conquer the city of Troy, the $105 billion Obama-Care Trojan Horse seeks victory through stealth.

On open microphone 4-15-2011 Obama referred to ObamaCare expenditures now going on as nickels and dimes.

Mr. President, you are wrong. And very importantly your priorities are wrong. Mr. President, during your first year in office you did not focus on the financial crises, the economy or jobs. All you Mr. President focused on was selling your health care bill to the American public.

President Obama on open microphone 4-15-2011 said: “You wanna repeal health care? Go at it. Wh’ll have that debate. But you’re not going to be able to nickel and dinning me in the budget. You think we’re stupid?

Untouchable. That’s the treatment being given to the $23.6 billion being spent right now to implement Obama-care.

This $23.6 billion is part of the $105.5 billion appropriated by the last Congress to fund Obamacare. The remainder (Think of it as post-dated checks for the other $81.9 billion.) automatically becomes available between now and FY2019.

What says the public — is $105 BILLION for ObamaCare chump change?

For your information: The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War, as told in Virgil’s Latin epic poem The Aeneid, also by Dionysius, Apollodorus and Quintus of Smyrna. The events in this story from the Bronze Age took place after Homer’s Iliad, and before his Odyssey. It was the stratagem that allowed the Greeks finally to enter the city of Troy and end the conflict.

In one version, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the Greeks constructed a huge wooden horse, and hid a select force of 30 men inside. The Greeks pretended to sail away, and the Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy. That night the Greek force crept out of the horse and opened the gates for the rest of the Greek army, which had sailed back under cover of night. The Greek army entered and destroyed the city of Troy, decisively ending the war.
In the Greek tradition, the horse is called Δούρειος Ἵππος, Doúreios Híppos, the “Wooden Horse”, in the Homeric Ionic dialect. Metaphorically a “Trojan Horse” has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or space. It is now often associated with “malware” computer programmes presented as useful or harmless to induce the user to install and run them.

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Respite services paid by govt not helpful says parent of autistic child. Better off that families keep more of their money…

Response to Obama’s budget speech from a parent of autistic child: Better to cancel got “help” programs that pay for respite time as highly paper intensive, onorous regulations, too many people paid their share before any services received. Parent discusses all the persons who get a “cut” before any benefit is received by the family. Cut these programs is his message.

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How “helpful” are the respite services provided to families with a disabled child?

In California, children with autism are assisted by the regional centers. There are non-profits and operate individually though connected loosely together. A child made eligible by one regional center is usually accepted by other regional centers though the case may be reviewed.

Due to CA budget issues typically families are offered 24 hours of respite a month though the number may be considerably increased depending on the individual’s particular circumstances. “Respite” is supposed to be time away from the disabled child and someone else takes care of the child so that parents get a real break.

In the Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara Counties parents can receive respite hours away from their diabled child through varous agencies. The agencies take care of the paper work issues which negatively impact the overall helpfulness.

Below is from the parent of an autistic child that finds government “help” not helpful. And why not helpful.

We’re From the Government, and We’re Here to Help
Presient Obama’s recent budget speech

Reader Gordon Calkins writes in with his perspective on President Obama’s ghastly budget speech:

“I am the primary care-giver to my autistic and developmentally delayed son. I must admit that we accept from our state Division of Services for People with Disabilities some monitory support. The state gives us a small grant with federal matching money that allows us to hire extra support workers and care givers which gives us a few hours a month to run errands and have a little time out of the house.

“The program has been a benefit to us. But to put this into perspective, in order to be eligible for the support, we work with a state-contracted support coordinator, a state-approved fiscal agent that handles the payroll, and we have to keep logs of what we are doing to meet the state-approved training goals. We have several hours of doing paperwork each time we hire a new person. Our current employees are the adult kids of some of our friends, but they are still required to get background checks, fingerprinting and annual reviews.

“I’ve known people who have opted out of this system because the hassle of dealing with the state is too much.

“Although, as I said, I believe that this support is a net positive for us, the benefit we receive is much less than I pay in federal taxes each year.

“I would be even better off if the federal government would cancel programs like this and just let me keep more of my money, and there wouldn’t be nearly so many people making money off the support we get.

So, the purpose of government is to take my money, filter it through a bunch of agencies and contractors, each taking their cut, and then give a small fraction of it back to me to spend on “approved” services. Gives new meaning to the phrase “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” I wish they would stop helping

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Firenzie Sage: In the beginning there was this gay caveman… i-PAD app coming?

Main Kinder students get $500 i-PADS to learn ABCs. California students required to learn gay, lesbbian history. So maybe its time for a I-PAD app: “In the beginnning there was thsi gay caveman…”

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Time ripe for an i-PAD app “In the beginning there was this gay caveman …”

The California state Senate has approved legislation that requires California’s public schools to include gay history in social studies lessons.

Will they budget for field trips to public restrooms?

This fall, the school district in Auburn, Maine will hand out iPads to nearly 300 kindergartners, “confident the education apps will accelerate their learning.” Let see, give 5 year olds a game player and expect them to read, spell, and do math.

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In a fox hole or going into surgury — what words will you remember? “time and chance happenth to them all” or the modern version “a considrable element of the unpredictable must inevaritaly be taken into account..” Incredible difference in language!

Here is a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes:

I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

In contrast,
here it is in modern English:
Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account.

Language matters. The King James version abides and sustains me. Those words abide for example when I pray for our young warriors who seek to preserve peace throughout the world — and when I hear of persons I know who have serious medical conditions. Time and chance are such important variables in Life. What say you?

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