My take HERE. You just can't fire civil servants without a hearing...but apparantly Sherrol wasn't a civil servant.
More disturbingly is that a professor can now be fired for teaching Catholicism in a course that teaches Catholic doctrine.
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BelmontClub discusses taking things out of context...with the Wikileaks and others discussing "Afghanistan":
Missing in all of these well-written essays is global context. Where do the Taliban get their money, ideology and support? Will it be as important were the infrastructure that supported it neutralized? What is the role of Pakistan? Of the Global Jihad? The nine essays are a little like monographs about taking Guadalcanal without describing why anyone should bother to expend blood and treasure in such a godforsaken place.
also missing from the discussion: both China and India have a vital interest in not having a global jihad state with a nuke next door trying to destablize them. And, of course, if they win, there will be more volunteers and "charity money" funneled to Islamic terrorists in the Philippines...and China, and India, and Indonesia, and Thailand, etc.
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some of my other BNN Rants:
- Medical Rationing: UK versus IHS, 26 Jul 2010
- Senator Kerry and the Out-Of-State Sales Tax Dilemma, 28 Jul 2010
- Did Journolist Try to Censor Stories to Help Obama against Clinton?, 21 Jul 2010
- Why does Grandmom need a Chickenpox shot?, 18 Jul 20
Probably not on your news: Bad floods in China.
And did you know there is a big strike in China against Honda? More about forming unions in China from DavidWhitehead at the Socialist worker website.
This StrategyPage podcast notes they are organizing using cellphones (and to a lesser extent, the internet)... Danwei reports how it was publicized via the alternative media.
Something to remember the next time a NYTimes editorial writer praises China...
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Philippine news full of PNoy trying to get someone to act on corruption under the past administration.
No corruption here, folks, just move along says one Budget office official.
And then there is the rotting rice scandal:
During the rice shortfall last year, lots of folks got money (big commissions) to buy cheap rice, but then they stored it (presumably waiting for the price of rice to increase, so they would make a larger profit) instead of selling it cheaply to poor people.... and of course this excess rice could keep the price down and undermine the profit of local farmers who look forward to a good crop this year.
another local story: 15000 workers might return from Iraq.
Yes, working there was illegal, but the money was good, and the US hired many outside workers for security reasons. Now they are saying locals should take those jobs, hence the Pinoys may lose their jobs.
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But the really important news of the day:
Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!
Trivia fact: He's a veteran of WWII...
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