A couple of things that caught my eye this morning as I was perusing various news sites:
First:
From FOX News:
“Oscar Pistorius has been ruled ineligible to compete at this summer’s Olympic Games because his prosthetic limbs give him an unfair advantage.”
Continuing on in the story it is revealed that a two day scientific study claims that his Cheetah blades give him an advantage on energy consumption and resistance. I am sure the main advantages this double amputee possesses are as follows: 1. the fact that he is obviously an incredible athlete; 2. and a highly competitive individual. I hope he wins his appeal.
From the Sun Sentinel (found originally on RN) :
Peace activists in pink dresses and tiaras demanded the arrest of anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles Saturday, but aborted plans for a demonstration in Little Havana after Carriles supporters rushed their vehicle.
First off if you want to be taken seriously when you are protesting things, never ever let them see you sweat and never let them see you in a pink dress and tiara.
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… they were met by some 200 irate Cuban-Americans who consider Carriles a champion of freedom. Some ran at the activists’ truck as they arrived, tearing off its pink fringe, while others shouted sexist slurs.
“We’re not in Cuba. We’re supposed to have free speech,” said Medea Benjamin, one of the group’s founders. “This is indicative of how a small group of Cuban-Americans are holding the rest of the community hostage.”
Wait a minute. Back up the tape here. Is this the same group who is notorious for trespassing on private business property, for harassing recruiters and vandalizing recruiter’s offices? This is the same group that believes they have the right to approach our Secretary of State in a threatening manner? They think that they are supposed to have unlimited rights, but let some private citizens run them out of their neighborhood and now they are crying “foul?” Funny, I always thought that the Constitution protects you from the government’s ability to silence you, however, if you act like a general nusance in public your fellow citizens also get to exercise the same freedom and run you off. I hate to be the one who has to point this out, but other people have the right to protest your protesting. Go figure.
Tags: Weird, anti-military by Claire
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