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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (176812)	12/1/2014 10:24:19 PM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Sedohr Nod Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224757

Too bad witnesses and other pathologists prove Dr. Wecht to be a clown.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (176812)	12/2/2014 3:23:05 AM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Recommended By isopatch locogringo TideGlider Respond to of 224757

Federal Debt Soars to Over $18 Trillion Power Line by John Hinderaker A year or so ago, the Democrats started telling us that the national debt is no longer an issue. This was based on the fact that the deficit is only around half what it was during President Obama’s first few years in office. The fiscal year 2014 deficit came in at only $483 billion, a cause for rejoicing in Washington. This represents the smallest deficit as a percentage of GDP since the George W. Bush administration. <span style="font-size:1.3em;"> Still, $483 billion exceeds any deficit ever racked up during the administration of any president other than Barack Obama.</span> (Don’t try to play the silly game of attributing the Democratic Congress’s FY 2009 deficit, which among other things included spending under the failed Obama/Reid/Pelosi “stimulus,” to President Bush.) Word came today that the national debt now exceeds $18 trillion, a little more than the GDP of the United States. <span style="font-size:1.3em;"> When Barack Obama took office, the national debt stood at $10.625 trillion. Which means that the debt has increased by 70% during his abysmally incompetent administration. Put another way, 41% of the national debt of the United States, from George Washington to the present, has accrued during the Obama administration. And we have two years yet to go.</span> In the summer of 2011, we conducted a contest to stimulate production of videos, songs, paintings and other art works that would help focus attention on the debt crisis. We awarded $100,000 to the winner of the Power Line Prize, a video titled “The Spending Is Nuts,” which you can view here. The runner-up was a great song called Don’t You See. Another video called “Doorbell” went viral and was viewed well over a million times. You can see it here. There were many other fine entries, which were posted here and around the internet. The funny thing is that in 2011, no one seriously questioned that the national debt was a huge problem. Today, the debt is substantially larger, but seems to have subsided as an issue, I suppose because chronic underemployment, wage stagnation, foreign policy debacles and various administration scandals have pushed it out of the headlines. Still, it may be time to start recycling some of those PL Prize entries to remind voters that $18 trillion in debt, with forecasts for explosive growth as baby boomers continue to retire, is not a problem that can be wished away.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (176812)	12/2/2014 1:59:33 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Wilson is 6'4" not 6' as your article claims...the writer once again does not know the facts. From the autopsy, why is the shot pattern on his left side? This is a trained officer who missed the center of his target many times. And his target is huge.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (176812)	12/2/2014 2:41:29 PM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Sedohr Nod TideGlider Respond to of 224757

The prosecution of Cyril H. Wecht Index to Post-Gazette coverage of the case January 27, 2008 12:00 AM Share with others: 0 inShare Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cyril H. Wecht The federal government ended its long investigation and criminal prosecution of former Allegheny County Coroner Cyril H. Wecht on June 2, 2009, when U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan's office filed a motion to dismiss all counts against him. Federal prosecutors had accused him of crimes including wire and mail fraud and theft of honest services. The investigation of Dr. Wecht became public in early 2005. His trial began on Jan. 28, 2008, but ended in mistrial on April 8, 2008, when the jury deadlocked. In the months that followed, prosecutors and the defense team wrangled over a retrial until May 14, 2009, when a federal judge issued an order suppressing much of the evidence. That decision led Ms. Buchanan's office to file its motion to dismiss, which a federal judge signed the same day. In their case, federal prosecutors had contended that Dr. Wecht misused his public office for private gain, improperly availing himself of the staff and resources of the coroner's office to run errands and aid him in his personal life and private pathology business. Throughout the prosecution, Dr. Wecht's principal attorneys, Jerry McDevitt and Mark Rush, maintained their client's innocence. Below are links to background on the case, including a timeline with links to Post-Gazette coverage, bios of key participants, and court documents.