Daily Commentary – Friday, July 30th, 2010 – The Case for The System … Are Murderers & Child Molesters Getting away with Crimes or does the System Work?

• Dana on whether the current justice system is worth preserving. What will happen in the cases of Drew Peterson, Kyron Horman, Joran Van der Sloot, Casey Anthony, etc.

US Rep Charlie Rangel (NY-D) Charged with 13 Ethics Violations … No to Plea Deal

More from Nancy Pelosi’s most ethical Congress, EVER!

NY Democrat Charlie Rangel, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee finds himself in a world of hurt as the House Ethics Committee threw the book at him yesterday and charged him with 13 ethics violations. Sorry Charlie, of what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive.

How many violations … 13!!!

A scathing House ethics report charges that Rep. Charles Rangel, an iconic New York powerbroker, violated 13 ethics and federal regulations covering public officials, including pressuring lobbyists and corporations to cough up millions for a New York college building bearing Rangel’s name.

In releasing a “Statement of Alleged Violation” of against Rangel, investigators drew a portrait of a veteran lawmaker who used his office and staffers for his own personal benefit and aggrandizement, repeatedly running afoul of House financial disclosure rules. He now faces an ethics “trial” unless he’s able to cut a deal with the ethics committee.

The full Ethics report can be read HERE.

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks about Rangel’s Ethics violation in Feb 2010, Nancy … care to change your story?

There was thought to be a deal on the table (um, what ever happened to that promised transparency?) to prevent the ethics charges from going forward; however, not only did Republicans say no, so did Charles Rangel. However, any such deal to avoid Democrat embarrassment right before the November midterm elections was axed. The ethics trial will go forward in September. It is hard to imagine that Pelosi would allow this ethics nightmare to go forward right before the November midterms. The American voters already have an issue with the incumbent Congress in power. Would this be what is needed to have the undecided vote finally get off the fence and vote for the GOP. Nancy Pelosi promised the most ”ethical” Congress ever, this is hardly in keeping with her promises.  

So this is what we get from a politician that has spent far too long in Congress and comes from a safe district … CORRUPTION! Can any one say TERM LIMITS!After the 13 ethics charges were made against Rangel we get the remorseful politician, cue the violins as Michelle Malkin says, as Sorry Charlie tells us he had a “bad day“.

Embattled New York Rep. Charles Rangel says he hasn’t had a bad day in 60 years. But “today I have to reassess that statement,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Congressman Charles Rangel talks to press about ethics meeting today.

Charlie Rangel is now the poster child of exactly why the American voters are fed up with Congress and why ‘We the People” give them an 11% approval rating.

Daily Commentary – Thursday, July 29th, 2010 – Early Release for Linsday Lohan

• It sounds like, due to prison overcrowding, she won’t do much time.

TECHNICAL UPDATE: Still working out some issues

We are still working out some bugs/issues from the upgrade yesterday. Thank you for your patience!

UPDATE I: Looks like issues have been resolved! Please do let us know if you run into a problem commenting.

Missing Former NBA Star Lorenzen Wright Found Dead in Memphis, TN at Age 34 (UPDATE: Homicide Investigation, Died from Gun Shot Wounds)

Lorenzen Wright, the 34 year old former NBA star was found dead in Memphis, TN. His body was found in a wooded area 15 miles south of downtown Memphis. There have been no reports as to the cause of death of the 13 year NBA veteran.

Wright was last seen on July 18, 2010 and his family had reported him missing on July 22.

From Eyewitness News in Memphis:

Memphis police are investigating the body of a man who was found in Southeast Memphis and a source tells Eyewitness News that is Lorenzen Wright.

According to sources, the body was found in the wooded area of Hacks Cross and Winchester Road. [...] The source has updated Eyewitness News saying, Lorenzen Wright had been shot multiple times and it does not appear to be suicide.

UPDATE I: Police say that Lorenzen Wright’s cause of Death was Gunshot.

Police have confirmed that the cause of death of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was a gun shot. They are investigating the case as a homicide. Fox News is reporting that he was shot at least 12 times.

Memphis police have confirmed the murder of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright. Relatives of Wright had previously said remains found in a wooded area were his, and Thursday afternoon, the Shelby County Medical Examiner officially identified the victim as Wright. The cause of death has been ruled a homicide by gunshot wound, according to CBS affiliate WREG.