It seems nowadays that the image I have of the presidency has been distorted.
Before, the president could enjoy doing a second term and getting a lot ot things accomplished.
But, from Nixon on, it seems in the first four years, the President has to do al lot of things to get re-elected. He then spends the other four years fighting off the indictments and accusations. The respect for the presidency and the president's image is damaged because of this.
Have you seen that too?
I think it all comes from whatever party that is not in power at the time.
The Democans did it to Nixon,to Reagan. They would have gutted the senior Bush if he had been re-elected. They're doing it to Bush Jr. now.
The Republicrats have done it to Carter and Clinton (remember Kenneth Starr?) It seems whoever is elected, the other party spends all its effort demeaning and undermining the president. They have been successful.
There have been only two presidents to which this doesn't apply; Ford and Johnson (LBJ). They did only one term and weren't re-elected or refused to run again (LBJ).
This is not good for our country.
It seems all we see and hear from the media in a president's second term is who is indicted, who is accused, and who is expected to resign. The president seems to have to spend the rest of his second term fighting to stay above water while the alligators pull him from below.
It's ineffective and distracts the administration from doing its job. And when things get missed, the snowball affect kicks in. Everything snowballs, and the president assumes lame duck status.
C'mon, knock it off...quit whining...and let the president do his job.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
From the WTF? File
OK, it's lunchtime and I just lost my appetite.
A Dallas cab driver is in big trouble for getting caught on tape sprinkling dried feces on pastries.
49-year-old Behrouz Nahidmobarekeh is on trial for allegedly throwing fecal matter on pastries at a Fiesta grocery store.
Police said they found a pile of human feces by his bed.
He would dry it, either by microwave or just letting it sit out and grate it up with a cheese grater and then sprinkle it at the store, officials said.
Neither attorneys in the case is clear about a motive or why the defendant would resort to something so repulsive.
Prosecutors will show a surveillance videotape of the defendant, which shows him sprinkling a substance on the food.
The FBI arrested Nahidmobarekeh but turned the case over to local prosecutors after they determined it was not a national security issue.
A Dallas cab driver is in big trouble for getting caught on tape sprinkling dried feces on pastries.
49-year-old Behrouz Nahidmobarekeh is on trial for allegedly throwing fecal matter on pastries at a Fiesta grocery store.
Police said they found a pile of human feces by his bed.
He would dry it, either by microwave or just letting it sit out and grate it up with a cheese grater and then sprinkle it at the store, officials said.
Neither attorneys in the case is clear about a motive or why the defendant would resort to something so repulsive.
Prosecutors will show a surveillance videotape of the defendant, which shows him sprinkling a substance on the food.
The FBI arrested Nahidmobarekeh but turned the case over to local prosecutors after they determined it was not a national security issue.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Journalist Jailed for Criticizing Islam
Women’s Magazine Editor Convicted of “Blasphemy”
Douglas J. Hagmann, Director
24 October 2005; Kabul, Afghanistan: On Saturday, a women’s magazine editor was sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted of blasphemy by Kabul’s Primary Court for publishing anti-Islamic articles, including one that challenged the belief that Muslims who convert to other religions should be stoned to death..
Ali Mohaqiq Nasab was arrested on October 1 after his magazine Haqooq-i-Zan (translation: Women’s Rights) argued that converting from Islam is not a crime that should be punished by death, as called for under Islamic Shariah law.
Presiding judge Ansarullah Malawizada stated that “the Ulama Council (Afghanistan’s clergy) sent us a letter saying that he should be punished, so I sentenced him to two years [in] jail.
Other articles identified as blasphemous included the criticism of the harsh punishment of 100 lashes for adultery, and calling for women to be equal to men under Islamic law According to Islamic law, for example, the value of a female witness is only considered to have half the value of a male. Mohaqiq has three weeks to appeal the verdict.
Douglas J. Hagmann, Director
24 October 2005; Kabul, Afghanistan: On Saturday, a women’s magazine editor was sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted of blasphemy by Kabul’s Primary Court for publishing anti-Islamic articles, including one that challenged the belief that Muslims who convert to other religions should be stoned to death..
Ali Mohaqiq Nasab was arrested on October 1 after his magazine Haqooq-i-Zan (translation: Women’s Rights) argued that converting from Islam is not a crime that should be punished by death, as called for under Islamic Shariah law.
Presiding judge Ansarullah Malawizada stated that “the Ulama Council (Afghanistan’s clergy) sent us a letter saying that he should be punished, so I sentenced him to two years [in] jail.
Other articles identified as blasphemous included the criticism of the harsh punishment of 100 lashes for adultery, and calling for women to be equal to men under Islamic law According to Islamic law, for example, the value of a female witness is only considered to have half the value of a male. Mohaqiq has three weeks to appeal the verdict.
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