Man Sues McDs for $1.5 Million THEY ONLY GAVE ME ONE NAPKIN!!!

And the circus continues!!

Webster Lucas claims he was stiffed on napkins at the Mickey D's in Pacoima, CA on January 29th -- after ordering a Quarter Pounder Deluxe -- and when he went up to the counter to ask for more, he was rudely rebuffed by the manager ... who insisted he already got some.

Busted Buskers

More CA stupidity.

The ordinance at the center of the controversy, enacted in October of last year, requires performers to be 14 feet from street features such as buildings, benches, sculptures, ATMs and garbage cans. (“Garbage cans hate accordion music,” Lima quips.) Yet this is not an altogether new development. In 2002, the city enacted a similar ordinance requiring performers to be 10 feet from street features. As a result, Lima obtained written permission from six separate business owners and carried the documentation on his person at all times.

Private business owners, however, have no legal purview over the public property in front of their business. As a result, regardless of written permission from local businesses, Lima and many other street performers have been in violation of city law for 12 years. Until recently, however, these infractions were largely overlooked.

California: The ‘last frontier’ for delivering crude oil by rail

Yes. No pipeline capacity available.  Why doesn't that surprise me?  CA out put is decreasing, driving up demand and dependence on foreign oil.  C'mon CA!  No blood for oil!!

So now they are forced to ship oil into the state by ship and rail.  I have to wonder how many, if any of the plans will actually bear fruit.  And why?  Environmental impact studies that will probably go on for years.  I predict 10 years.

Proposals to build new oil-by-rail complexes in the western U.S. are coming up against increasing scrutiny from state and local regulators following a series of derailments involving crude, including the July explosion of a train carrying Bakken that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

The city of Benicia, Calif., delayed Valero’s plans to build a rail-offloading station at the 170,000-barrel-a-day Benicia refinery in Northern California to perform an environmental review. Valero, which planned to finish the project by late 2013, said Feb. 13 that it now expects to start the service by the first quarter of 2015.

“That is somewhat dependent on the permitting process,” Joseph Gorder, Valero’s president and chief operating officer, said at the Credit Suisse Global Energy Summit in Vail, Colo.

The city of Pittsburg, Calif., is reopening parts of an environmental review of WesPac Energy LLC’s proposal to upgrade a fuel terminal that would be capable of unloading crude from five trains a week. The Irvine-based company, which jointly owns the project with Oiltanking Holdings Americas Inc., planned to begin work on the rail terminal this quarter.

Pittsburg decided based on public comments that more information is required for the review, Joe Sbranti, the city manager, said in a Feb. 18 letter to WesPac.

Washington state regulators reversed the approval of two terminals in November that would have allowed companies to unload oil from rail cars at the Port of Grays Harbor and load them onto marine vessels.

Companies including Tesoro, the largest refiner on the West Coast, have pledged to improve the safety of moving crude by rail by using newer rail cars and better routin

Letter to Rush L. What is your trigger point?

I wrote this email to Rush.  I don't even think he got it.  I have a couple of old email addresses and one got returned to me.  But I think it is a valid questions for everyone to ask about themselves.  The question is, "What has to happen to get you into the streets to protest?"  But not necessarily even that.  Maybe it's an incident or series of incidences that get you to execute a plan or safety measures to protect your family.  But, whatever, here it is:

Oh, and one more thought; I always thought (wrongly) that a trigger point had to do with a firearm.  Stupid me! But, hey.  The term still fits.

I want to know: What is your trigger point?  At one point do you decide we've reached a point that is just beyond the pale and you take to the streets to protest?

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But, I watch these youtube videos ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuA2_P-m4Sk ) of people's reaction to their new healthcare costs because of Obamacare and it breaks my heart.  And they very calmly say "this is unacceptable".   But, in my opinion, that is the wrong response.  The correct response would be to take the insurance papers that they were given them showing the new numbers, stand in front of the news camera, rip them in half, clench them and through gritted teeth say "Obama, you will pay dearly for this.  You are DESTROYING my family.  I will destroy the Democratic Party with my money, with my vote and with my time until there is nothing left of them. You are the worst president to have ever lived and breathed and I will make sure the world never forgets it"

It amazes me that this was NOT the response.  Which made me ask "what is THEIR trigger?"

And so, I ask again, what is your trigger?  You are on the air 5 days a week arguing the issues, but it is sort of... kind of....academic.  Whal will finally send YOU to stand before a crowd and march on Washington leading the people on... your trigger issue.

Just like the Founding Fathers who finally put their lives on the line and signed the Declaration of Independence.  They stepped over the line and from that point on they put their lives, their fortune and sacred honor to the test.  That was their trigger.

So...what is your trigger?

So, since then we had the news about the FCC planning on a "study" [yeah, right! everyone says] of journalists.  If it turned out that the FCC was going to send people to study HIM, would that finally send him over the edge, sending him into the streets to protest?

Anyway, regardless of who you are, maybe it's time to start thinking about it.  What has to happen for you to finally say "enough is enough" and you start either trying to change the system or carry out a plan to protect you and your family.

Below is the youtube with the heartbreaking story.  I would be standing on the table railing against O'Bama.  I think their response was pathetic.

College Settles Lawsuit Filed by Constitution-Loving Student

From the Washington Free Beacon:

Robert Van Tuinen, who was banned from passing out copies of the Constitution last September, filed a lawsuit against Modesto Junior College in October. A videotape of Van Tuinen being told he needed a permit and could only hand out the copies in a small area set aside for free speech at the college sparked widespread criticism.

Modesto has revised its policies to allow free speech in open areas across campus and agreed to pay Van Tuinen $50,000 as part of the settlement. Van Tuinen was assisted by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Modesto’s previous free speech policy on time, place, and manner, its administrative procedures, and its expectations on campus free speech activities have all been revised. The new policies abolish the requirement that students and faculty must seek Modesto’s permission to speak.

The NExt Cuba: Rubio Delivers Floor Speech On Crisis In Venezuela

Haven't listened to all of this yet.

Arizona Nursing Student Sues After Being Suspended for Requesting Instruction in ENGLISH

Absolutely amazing! "Arizona’s constitution is crystal clear on this matter, and the school violated it:                

Article 28 of Arizona’s state constitution establishes English as 'the official language of the state.'

Section 3 states: 'A person shall not be discriminated against or penalized in any way because the person uses or attempts to use English in public or private.'"


The next day, April 4, Bennett was summoned to a broader meeting of PCC staff where she was allegedly told she was “discriminating” and that she would “not get a job” even if she finished her degree. Kutzler allegedly took part in this meeting as well, confronting Bennett with her “anonymous” class evaluation.

On April 15, Bennett was given a routine progress report in which she was accused of having “ineffective communication skills.” On April 22, security personnel were waiting for her when she arrived at school; she was suspended and reportedly “instructed to leave campus immediately.”

“Then on Monday morning, April 22, 2013, Ms. Bennett arrived on campus. … She immediately noticed Mr. Kutzler running from his car into the Nursing Office building. She also noticed there were several law enforcement vehicles in the parking lot. … As Ms. Bennett entered the building, she was approached by a man who identified himself as head of PCC security, and who requested whether she was Terri Bennett and requested her to show her identity card, which Ms. Bennett did. … Ms. Bennett was given a sealed envelope, informed that she was immediately suspended from PCC, and instructed to leave campus immediately. … Upon information and belief, a police vehicle followed her to the freeway. Mr. Kutzler sent an email to PCC staff advising them that they were not allowed to talk to Ms. Bennett.”

She was given a letter saying her suspension was based on charges that her “presence on College property [posed] a significant risk of disruption of educational activities” and that she “engaged in discriminatory conduct,” among other charges.