RSSDaily Commentary – Monday, February 27, 2012 – The National Enquirer is Classless and Tasteless
- For publishing a photo of Whitney Houston in her casket
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Posted February 27, 2012 by Klaasend Celebrity, Dana Pretzer, Deceased, Facebook, Media, Scared Monkeys Radio | one comment |
A123 Systems, An Electric Car Battery Company … Another Barack Obama Green Stimulus Company Failure
Yet another Barack Obama green energy stimulus failure …
A123 Systems, an electric car battery company once touted as a stimulus “success story” … now not so much. Just like Solyndra, , Beacon, Amonix, EnerDel, Evergreen Solar, SpectraWatt, SunPower, and so many others. Barack Obama provided tax payer money to in the form of stimulus money that went up in smoke. The latest failure comes courtesy of A123 Sysstems. Since receiving $390 million, they have laid off 125 employees while still managing to hand out big pay raises to company executives.
A123 Systems, an electric car battery company once touted as a stimulus “success story” by former Gov. Jennifer Granhom, D-Mich., has laid off 125 employees since receiving $390 million in government subsidies — but is still handing out big pay raises to company executives.
“[T]he company has laid off 125 employees and had a net loss of $172 million through the first three quarters of 2011,” the Mackinac Center for Public Policy reports, observing that the company’s primary customer, Fisker Automotive, is also struggling financially. “Yet, this month A123’s Compensation Committee approved a $30,000 raise for [Chief Financial Officer David] Prystash just days after Fisker Automotive announced the U.S. Energy Department had cut off what was left of its $528.7 million loan it had previously received.”
Just how much tax payer money must be wasted by President Obama to fulfill his liberal, green agenda?
Posted February 26, 2012 by Scared Monkeys Barack Obama, Business, Energy, Green Energy, WTF | 5 comments |
GOP Presidential Primary: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Endorses Mitt Romney
This morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Arizona Governor Jan Brewer endorsed Mitt Romney ahead on next week’s Arizona primary. Currently, Romney leads in the RCP average polling in Arizona by 10.7%. Arizona hosts its primary, along with Michigan, this coming Tuesday.
Brewer said she viewed Romney as the most electable candidate to challenge President Obama this fall, and that she made her conclusion after meeting with the candidates and after a debate this week in Arizona.
“I have decided that I am going to publicly endorse Mitt Romney. I think he’s the man that can carry the day,” Brewer said. “I think Mitt is by far the person who can go in and win.”
Posted February 26, 2012 by Scared Monkeys 2012 Elections, Governors, Jan Brewer (AZ-R), Mitt Romney, Polls, Presidential Contenders, Primaries, Real Clear Politics | no comments |
South Carolina Lobbyist Tom Sponseller Missing Since February 18, 2012 … Last Seen in Columbia, SC, Money Missing As Well
South Carolina lobbyist Tom Sponseller, 61, has been missing since Saturday, February 18, 2012. He was the president and CEO of the South Carolina Hospitality Association, who was last seen at work in downtown Columbia around noon Saturday. Authorities are also saying that there is as much as $900K missing from the South Carolina Hospitality Association. A forensic audit has begun to look into the disappearance of the funds. The information will be shared with the Columbia Police Department as police investigate the disappearance of Tom Sponselle.
Tom Sponseller: pic credit, South Carolina Hospitality Association
Authorities say as much as $900,000 may be missing from an organization headed by a prominent South Carolina lobbyist Tom Sponseller, who disappeared last weekend, The State newspaper reports.
Sponseller, the president and CEO of the South Carolina Hospitality Association, was reported missing on Saturday, February 18 after relatives and friends were unable to contact him, reports CBS affiliate WLTX.
Sponseller reportedly was last seen at work in downtown Columbia around noon Saturday. According to WLTX, police found Sponseller’s car parked outside of his workplace.
Law enforcement officials told The State that the organization’s accounting director, Rachel Duncan, is a person of interest in the missing money investigation. Officials told the newspaper that more than $100,000 and possibly up to $900,000 was missing.
FACEBOOK: Help Find Tom Sponseller – Missing from Columbia, South Carolina
Statement regarding Tom Sponseller from the South Carolina Hospitality Association:
The SC Hospitality Association members and staff are deeply concerned for Tom Sponseller’s whereabouts. He was last seen in the association office at noon on Saturday February 18, 2012. The Columbia Police Department has launched a full investigation and we are working with them.
Tom has served as President and CEO of the South Carolina Hospitality Association for nearly 22 years. He is a prominent hospitality industry leader here in our state as well as nationally. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tom’s family and friends.
If anyone has any information regarding Sponseller’s whereabouts, please call S.C. Crimestoppers at 1-888-274-6372.
Equal Rights Under the Law … Three Lesbians Charged With Hate Crime for Assaulting a Gay Man in Boston, MA
If it is good for the goose, it should be good for the gay as well … They gay community wanted equal rights under the law, looks like they got it. However, when hate crimes on pinned on gays, they cry foul.
Three woman who have been described as lesbians were charged with assault and a hate crime for beating a gay man at the Forest Hill T in Boston, MA. Now the question will arise as to whether a gay on gay attack can be considered a hate crime. This does show just how foolish hate crime laws are. An assault is an assault. Now we have to make some assaults more important than others because of a perceived hate?
Three women identified by their lawyers as lesbians were arraigned yesterday on a hate crime charge for allegedly beating a gay man at the Forest Hills T station in an unusual case that experts say exposes the law’s flawed logic.
“My guess is that no sane jury would convict them under those circumstances, but what this really demonstrates is the idiocy of the hate-crime legislation,” said civil liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate. “If you beat someone up, you’re guilty of assault and battery of a human being. Period. The idea of trying to break down human beings into categories is doomed to failure.”
Prosecutors and the ACLU of Massachusetts said no matter the defendants’ sexual orientation, they can still face the crime of assault and battery with intent to intimidate, which carries up to a 10-year prison sentence, by using hateful language.
