Around the Web/What’s in the News and What Other Bloggers are Talking About

Here are a few things I found around the web.

h/t to American Truckers at War, who has a great new site redisign BTW, for revealing a story in Townhall about Big Corn and Ethanol Hoax.

One of the many mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 calls for oil companies to increase the amount of ethanol mixed with gasoline. President Bush said, during his 2006 State of the Union address, “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.” Let’s look at some of the “wonders” of ethanol as a replacement for gasoline.

Ethanol contains water that distillation cannot remove. As such, it can cause major damage to automobile engines not specifically designed to burn ethanol. The water content of ethanol also risks pipeline corrosion and thus must be shipped by truck, rail car or barge. These shipping methods are far more expensive than pipelines. [more here]

Also at American Truckers at War has a great commentary on a city that wants to build a mote to keep illegals out.

When all else fails, go back to the basics. The invasion from our southern border is in full swing and nothing is being done to stop it. The “virtual fence”, we have been told, doesn’t work. So… let’’s dig a good old-fashioned moat! Don’t forget the ‘gators!

RTaylor

March 14, 2008

U.S. Is Examining Spitzer’s Funds

By DANNY HAKIM and DON VAN NATTA Jr.

ALBANY — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Gov. Eliot Spitzer used campaign funds in connection with his meetings with prostitutes, including payments for hotels or ground transportation, three people with knowledge of the investigation said.Prosecutors have asked the governor’s lawyers about the travel arrangements for three trips, including his Feb. 13 rendezvous with a prostitute at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan has also asked about the governor’s use of car services during trips to Washington.

The governor’s lawyers have begun consulting with a campaign finance expert who has long worked for Mr. Spitzer’s political organization to see whether campaign money was spent on the trips, including some as recently as last month, a person briefed on the investigation said. [more here] [found via Beldar Blog]

Bolson on…has a great commentary about Harvard Professor Claims Clinton Ad a Racial Affront to Obama

Orlando Patterson is an esteemed historical and cultural sociologist at Harvard University, known for his renown work regarding issues of race in America and the world. Over the years, he has also written numerous interesting, in-depth, and award-winning books on slavery and the American “racial crisis.”

It is fair to say that Dr. Patterson is, in fact, driven by and immersed in these issues. In his own words, Dr. Patterson says that he has spent his life “studying the pictures and symbols of racism and slavery.” [more here]

McCain Must Appease both Hispanics and Conservatives on Immigration

By Bret Schulte

Posted March 14, 2008

On the morning of June 5, 2007, in a packed firehouse in Gilford, N.H., Fergus Cullen watched Arizona Sen. John McCain getting “hammered on immigration” in a back and forth with locals angry over the influx of illegal workers. “They kept coming back to it again and again,” says Cullen, the state’s GOP chairman. To little effect, McCain defended his immigration bill that gave a path to citizenship to many of the country’s estimated 12 million illegals. [more here] [found via Immigration News Daily]

Kevin Tracy asks;

Sould We Boycott the 2008 Games Over Tibet?

Chinese military police were temporarily forced to play defense when Tibetan protesters began throwing rocks and bricks at the government hit-squad.

If you were to believe what the Chinese Government is telling the international community, you would think that the Dalai Lama and his followers in Tibet were terrorists no different than al-Qaida or the barbaric Chechens. Of course, very few of us are naive enough to completely ignore the realities that have existed on the ground in Tibet since the Chinese military invasion in 1950.

Since the occupation and the exile of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan people have frequently held peaceful protests against the Chinese people only to be utterly crushed by the brutal Communist Regime. The region, for reasons traditional, cultural, and geographical, is uniquely isolated from most of the rest of the world – so the protests are not typically seen or heard of by the western world which goes about its daily activities as though Tibet was just a hole on the globe. [more here]

Kevin also has this message;

The Ramos and Compean Families Need Our Help

I’m sure that over the course of the past year, you’ve heard of the tragedy of Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean who were imprisoned by a psychotic prosecutor who actually provided immunity to an illegal immigrant who was smuggling large quantities of drugs over our southern border. Their case is now being heard by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, but it’s been 101 days since they’ve agreed to hear the case and they haven’t taken action on it. [more here]

Schools fear that forced marriages poster campaign will upset parents

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Richard Ford, Home Correspondent

Schools in areas feared to have high rates of forced marriage are refusing to display posters on the issue because they are too hard-hitting, according to a government report.

Headteachers are unwilling to put up the posters for fear that they might offend some parents. The disclosure came in findings from the Department for Children, Schools and Families showing that 2,089 pupils were absent from school without explanation in 14 areas of England believed to have a high incidence of forced marriage. [more here] [found via Michelle Malkin]

The Maritime Sentry has posted an informative video about National Pro-Life T-shirt Day.

I know, I am being lazy ;-P.