The Ol' Fat Guy Blathers On

Weekly Blather barack INGHAM PALACE , District of Corruption July 26, 2014 Our businesses have now added nearly 10 million new jobs over the past 52 months.  The unemployment rate is at its lowest point since September 2008 – the fastest one-year drop in nearly 30 years.  401(k)s are growing, fewer homes are underwater, and for the first time in more than a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that the world’s number one place to invest isn’t China; it’s the United States of America – and our lead is growing.  None of this is an accident.  It’s thanks to the resilience and resolve of the American people that our country has recovered faster and come farther than almost any other advanced nation on Earth.  But there’s another trend that threatens to undermine the progress you’ve helped make.  Even as corporate profits are as high as ever, a small but growing group of big corporations are fleeing the country to get out of paying taxes.  They’re keeping

So What?     So what if it took Joe Wood nearly two hours to die by lethal injection?  Ultimately, the desired outcome was achieved.  The sole purpose of the death penalty~ and by extension, lethal injections, hanging, the firing squad, the electric chair ~ is to kill the miscreant, so what's the big deal?  Just look at what Mr Wood did to put himself in such a position: In 1989, Joseph Wood smilingly fired one shot into Gene Dietz' chest, then fired two shots into his daughter Debbie's chest.  Both shootings were at point-blank range. Even if all Mr Wood 's shots were into the heart of each victim, I doubt seriously that either of them died instantaneously.  Both daughter and father had to suffer excruciating pain for the several minutes required for them to bleed-out and succumb to the fatal injuries.  Not only were the Dietz 's subjected to the fatal shootings, both also suffered the emotional pain of staring down and pleading with their assailant, waiting