SANTA ANA, Calif. — A desperate five-day search for a 9-year-old boy abducted by his father in Southern California ended in Mexico, where the man died after being hit by a bus and the boy was found safe across town, authorities said Monday.

Ryan Ramos was found alone Sunday in a Mormon church building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and arrived in Orange County early Monday, where he was reunited with his family, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.

He had been missing since Wednesday, when his father, Lonnie Ramos, 46, allegedly shot his estranged wife during a custody exchange and took off with their child.

like planting a virtual tree…

No.. I am not joking…

Here is a screen shot from the Internet Explorer 7 page from Microsoft:

Guess that will offset all of the virtual CO2. Probably should stop driving my virtual SUV also….

Also up for some laughs… apparently Global Warmi.. er Climate Change is not just a product of SUVs and respiration of living organisms, but also the production of concrete!!

via Ace:

Yup. All we need to do is stop cutting down trees (also known as “carbon sinks”), stop making cement, and stop burning anything and we can keep our planet pristine.

And also, dead, because the population will quickly reduce itself to almost nothing, the same as it was during the Stone Age. Which I suspect is the ultimate goal.

And the Stone Age isn’t too far off. One of the suggestions from the Carbon Grove Grave is that you should air dry half of your clothes, just like your great-great grammy did.

So now the People’s Republic of California would like to stop making concrete and limit construction I am sure, because, ya know… we gotta save the planet and everything. Lets see how long until they realize that won’t work as their economy falters and fails And they’re putting CO2 footprint stickers on cars as well… Thank God above I don’t live in that state….

That’s right folks, I’ve been officially designated as Sadly, No’s New Wingnut of the Week! YES!

Ofcourse, the author of the post who bestowed this wonderful honor upon me, Clif, does a pretty lousy job of fisking me.
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1st Thought: Isn’t it funny how progressives like to force religion on others…

Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson.

Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.

They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent - which included wearing Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.

I am somewhat reminded ’bout the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego being told to worship an idol by the Babylonian king, and refused to bow down because it was against their God to do so. Now I am not saying that we can expect those British school kids to be thrown into a furnace (yet), but they are being punished the same. But what else can we expect from our enlightened betters in the progressive/socialist/communist movement… The fact that this is even happening in England shows how far freedom has fallen there in the name of political correctness and “diversity”.

England… sorry to see ya go guys….

And Mike over at The Jawa Report has a great comment on this:

It appears that religious diversity education in Britain concentrates exclusively on having infidels learning to pray to Allah. There are no reports of Muslims being required to take Holy Communion.

Heh.

2nd Thought :
I had mentioned earlier ’bout Sen. Warner’s braindead attempt to revive the federal 55mph highway mandate. I missed this:

Warner cited studies that showed the 55 mph speed limit saved 167,000 barrels of oil a day, or 2 percent of the country’s highway fuel consumption, while avoiding up to 4,000 traffic deaths a year.

So the Feds are going to think ’bout forcing the states to reinstitute the 55 mph limit in order to save an enormous 167,000 barrels of oil a day… and this will have a major impact on oil prices, but we can’t drill in ANWR because it will only give us, by conservative (no pun intended) estimate, a measly 876,000 barrels a day. Anybody else see the cognitive disconnect here?

I am really starting to get annoyed with all of the global cooling er.. global warming.. er Climate Change bull crap.

My irritation started today when I bought tickets for my family to fly out to visit me in California while I am out there for some training. There was an option on Orbitz.com for me to purchase, since I was having my girls fly on a big-bad-evil corporate airline, some CARBON-FRIGGIN-OFFSETS! I shi’ite you not. I could buy some carbon credits in order to offset the carbon emissions to make myself feel better. I honestly could not believe my eyes. I almost wanted to look elsewhere for tickets, then realized that this was a pretty good deal and I could not pass it up.

So then I turn around and check Drudge out. Looks like more Chicken Little Syndrome stories for my viewing pleasure…

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LOS ANGELES — Jessica Simpson, who was slammed this week by Pamela Anderson for wearing a T-shirt that said “Real Girls Eat Meat,” has gotten her revenge on the former “Baywatch” babe by beating her to the top spot in InTouch Weekly’s 2008 Best Breast poll.

Simpson’s chest was followed closely by that of Tyra Banks, Scarlett Johansson, Carmen Electra, Lindsay Lohan and Katherine Heigl. Audrina Patridge’s very own “Hills” earned seventh spot with Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox and Beyonce Knowles rounding out the Top 10.

In order for me to give a truly unbiased judgement and vote on the best “rack”, to use the parlance of our times, I must personally inspect each of the above named sets of breasts… otherwise it wouldn’t be a fair assesment. I know… I know… the things I must sacrifice… but I’m the kinda guy that doesn’t mind doing his fair share of such work….

How I love Texas…. we just don’t play those games liberals love to play…

WEATHERFORD, Texas — A man was sentenced to more than 4,000 years in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting three teenage girls over two years.

A day after finding James Kevin Pope guilty, jurors sentenced him to 40 life prison terms — one for each sex assault conviction — and 20 years for each of the three sexual performance of a child convictions.

At the request of prosecutors, state District Judge Graham Quisenberry ordered Pope to serve the sentences consecutively, adding up to 4,060 years. He will be eligible for parole in the year 3209, according to the Parker County District Attorney’s Office.

who would’ve thunk it…

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The body of a missing 12-year-old whose uncle allegedly planned to force her into a sex ring the day she disappeared was found Wednesday in Randolph, not far from his house.

State Police Director Col. James Baker said Brooke Bennett’s body was found about 4:45 p.m. and her family had been notified.

The uncle, Michael Jacques, has been in custody since Sunday on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a different underage girl. He has pleaded not guilty. Police Sgt. Tara Thomas said he would be charged in federal court with kidnapping.

And he should be charged with capital murder, then summarily tried and then shot.. repeatedly… in the groin… then thrown in a pen full of starved swine…. and even that would be too good for this perverted piece of filth…. but atleast our Supreme Court, and their ever evolving “standards of decency”, has declared the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional….. douche-nozzles….

Via S. Weasel. Click on the link. She nails the left on their hypocrisy and their navel-gazing hand-wringing…

Some Houston residents are upset after Korans were left on the doorsteps of hundreds of homes in their neighborhood as part of a campaign to educate people about Islam.

Residents of Braes Timbers in southwest Houston began finding the holy books two weeks ago, MyFOXHouston.com reported. The Korans came with a note saying they had been left by the Book of Signs Foundation, which claims to have distributed 30,000 free copies of the texts to residents throughout the city.

“If we went into a Muslim country and left a Bible, we would be in prison and then decapitated a few years later,” Sue Ann Pieri, a resident who chose not to destroy the book, as other neighbors did, told MyFOXHouston.com.

Excellent point Ms. Pieri. Trying leaving a Bible on the doorstep of a Muslim and you’ll find out how loving and tolerant that Religion of Peace (My Ass)™ really is.

I personally don’t have a problem with them leaving Korans on people’s doorsteps. To me it is no different than a Jehovah’s Witness or Mormon coming by to talk to me ’bout their religions. I’ll listen, but my faith is strong and I won’t be changed, but I don’t have a problem with it. Ofcourse, if they leave their holy book on my doorstep, I also don’t except them to be outraged with what I decide to do it, if I should decide to do something unsavory.

PLANTATION, Fla. — The family of one of the men who was shot by a retired United States Marine while they attempted to rob a Subway sandwich shop said the customer shouldn’t have pulled the trigger.

According to Plantation police, two armed men barged into the Subway at 1949 Pine Island Road shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, demanding money from the employee behind the counter. When they tried to force John Lovell into the bathroom, he pulled out a gun and shot both men, police said.

Donicio Arrindell, 22, was shot in the head and later died at the hospital. Fredrick Gadson, 21, was shot in the chest and ran from the Subway, but police found him in hiding in some bushes on the property of a nearby BankAtlantic.

Lovell, 71, was the lone customer at the time. Police said he had a concealed weapons permit.

First of all, I congratulate the former Marine for offing one scumbag and I am going to give him a pass on the second because he did hit him center of mass, though it is unfortunate that nothing vital was struck. Second, if I am armed and two thugs think they can take me into a bathroom to do God only knows what to me, which probably will finish with my execution, I think I’ll try my luck with me and my .40 cal.

Gadson’s grandparents told Local 10 on Thursday that Lovell was wrong for pulling the trigger.

“He should not have taken the law in his hands,” said Rosa Jones, Gadson’s grandmother.

Her husband, Ivory Jones, also condemned the media for its portrayal of Lovell’s actions.

“I don’t condone what they did, (but) I definitely don’t condone the news people making him out to seem like they’re making a hero out of this man because he shot somebody down,” he said.

Typical.

“Mr. Lovell shouldn’t have pulled the trigger. He should have let my grandson rob him and Subway, complete with a pistol whipping. Instead he shot my poor widdle Frederick and killed his friend. That just wasn’t right. They were just both great, upstanding members of our neighborhood, with bright futures. This is just a tragedy.”

The grandparents (where are the parents btw?) are angry that their little hoodrats were shot while commiting a felony. How dare that 71 year-old man stop them? I am just CRYING, CRYING for them. I mean, I am weaping TEARS!! Big ones. Can you see them?

I am sure those grandparents loved their grand-children. Too bad their grand-children preferred the “Thug Lifestyle™” instead of working an honest living. Had they, one might still be alive and the other have one less new man-made oriface. And isn’t it telling that all of these relatives of dead criminals shot by law-abiding citizens are coming out as if their dead criminal relatives were somehow wronged by being made to assume room temperature?

HOUSTON — A Texas man who shot and killed two men he suspected of burglarizing his neighbor’s home was cleared in the shootings Monday by a grand jury.

Joe Horn, 62, shot the two men in November after he saw them crawling out the windows of a neighbor’s house in the Houston suburb of Pasadena.

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“He wasn’t acting like a vigilante,” Lambright said. “He was well within his rights to do what he was doing.”

The men Horn killed, Hernando Riascos Torres, 38, and Diego Ortiz, 30, were unemployed illegal immigrants from Colombia. Torres was deported to Colombia in 1999 after a 1994 cocaine-related conviction.

As it should be. Had those two men not been committed a criminal act, then they would not have been in a position where Mr. Horn had to make the choice to defend his neighbors property. But since they were undocumented, and unemployed, illegal immigrants, perhaps they were just stealing the property from Americans that other Americans won’t.

But the Fox News story from the AP is pretty factually based without alot of editorializing.

Wait till you read this piece from ABC News commenting on the case. Here are some excerpts:

In the Lone Star state, where the six-gun tamed the frontier, shooting bad guys is a time-honored tradition, and Horn’s case centered on a Texas state law based on the old idea that “a man’s home is his castle.” The “castle law” gives Texans unprecedented legal authority to use deadly force in their homes, vehicles and workplaces. And no longer do they have an obligation to retreat, if possible, before they shoot.

There is nothing I hate worse than some academic or reporter that acts like I should have to runaway from my house and belongings because some goblin scumbag makes the choice to invade and steal. And I highlighted some of the nice editorial comments that definitely show where their biases lie.

Horn fatally shot the burglars, two illegal immigrants from Colombia named Diego Ortiz and Miguel de Jesus. Stephanie Storey, De Jesus’ fiancée, wanted to see Joe Horn prosecuted.

“This man took the law into his own hands,” she said. “He shot two individuals in the back after having been told over and over to stay inside. It was his choice to go outside and his choice to take two lives.”

First of all, Ms. Storey, your illegal immigrant fiance, it was HIS CHOICE to go inside another person’s house and begin commiting crimes. Had he simply gone to work, or been at home with you instead, he’d still be alive. Oh, and BTW, someone please show me the law that the commands of a dispatcher are the law of the land that must be obeyed at all costs….

“In most situations, calling 911 is the best remedy, not calling out for your 9-millimeter,” Diepraam said.

That’s right, because Mr Assistant District Attorney, the police are only 5-10 minutes away when you have seconds to act. Good call douche… good call…

You can go read the rest… but I like the idea that home invaders now have the option to assume room temperature at the home owners request….. And ABC News….. you criminal-loving commies…. suck it….

NEW YORK — The World Trade Center’s owner on Monday scrapped the schedule for the prolonged rebuilding of the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying nearly every project is delayed and over budget and that the latest estimates are unrealistic.

Christopher Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, issued a report listing more than a dozen issues that have slowed rebuilding and have raised costs. These included an over-budget transit hub, the process of dismantling a condemned tower where another is going to be built and construction around a city subway line.

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Ward said a committee of developers and government agencies would set new “clear and achievable timelines” by the end of September.

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Ward proposed a committee to oversee new timelines that includes private developer Larry Silverstein — in charge of building three of five towers — the Port Authority, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. rebuilding agency, the mayor’s office, the foundation building the memorial and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Two years ago, in the last year of Pataki’s administration, the agency said it had expedited development at the site by renegotiating a 99-year lease with Silverstein and shifting responsibility for who would build what.

It set clear deadlines and penalties, including $300,000-a-day payments to Silverstein if the agency didn’t deliver land on time. The agency has paid Silverstein over $14 million in penalties after missing those deadlines.

I’ve got an idea, get the government out of the way… if private industry can build it, they will, and in half the time and cost that any government agency says it can…. and guess what…. the government welfare of $300,000 dollars a day paid to the private developer needs to stop. It doesn’t give him one damn incentive to make anything happen himself if he can rake in 14 million in taxpayer dollars… If there was a private contractor that was getting fleeced at the rate of 300,000 grand a day, the land would be available yesteday.

Get all of the damned agencies out of the way and let the private sector fix this…

Feel free to write me in…