Mick’s Musings

Started by Carter, perpetuated by Clinton, finished by Barack.

I can’t WAIT for this guy to have control over the US Department of Justice…

Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement

JEFFERSON CITY - 27 September - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.

“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.

“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.

“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.

“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”

But then abuse of law enforcement power has only ever been a problem when it’s Bush/Cheney doing it.  I wonder how much “investigating” these law enforcement officials will be doing for the lies being printed about McCain/Palin.

I won’t hold my breath.

Red Bull Air Race pilot using the FAA Tower like a pylon.

Had dinner tonight at Taqueria Colima.  It opened about 3 weeks ago in the grey building in front of the Clocktower Apartments off the oval in downtown Nashua (Clocktower Place, off Factory Street).  I didn’t peruse the full menu but it looked like standard Mexican fare.   I was zeroed in on the tacos.   There are three types on the menu at the moment.

• Carne Asada (beef)
• Carne Adobada (marinated pork, sort of Al Pastor)
• Chicharrones (fried pork skins)

I tried the Carna Asada and Adobada tacos and I wasn’t disppointed.   Served traditionally with corn tortillas and lots of cilantro and onions.  Very fresh, very tasty and they are only $2 bucks each and service was very fast.

Carne Asada and Carne Adobada Tacos from Taqueria Colima in Nashua

I didn’t try the Chicharrones but they are on my todo list, as well as the rest of the menu.   Back when I lived in California, we used to hit the ‘Taco Truck’  in Old Town Pasadena off Fair Oaks and Holly or later Fair Oaks and Walnut after boozn at Gordon Biersch, Lucky Baldwins or McMurphy’s and I’ve struggled in the 10 years I’ve been out here in NH to find decent mexican food.  We have a stripmall restaurant here in town that does have the best Mexican in the Boston area called La Carreta (Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua) but nothing until now like the simple street food.   I don’t head downtown much anymore but this place is going to be a regular stop from now on.

To get to Taqueria Colima, from Main Street take either Water Street to Factory and make a right onto Clocktower Pl and you’ll actually think you are pulling into the Clocktower apartments and the Taqueria is on your immediate left, with a small parkinglot right next to the building.  Or you can take High Street to Walnut Street and bang a right onto Walnut and then a left onto Clocktower Place.

If you like REAL mexican foot make the trip.  You won’t regret it!

Additionally:  I’ve heard there is taqueria literally out of a white van on Pine Street somewhere during the day that I’m going to have to explore too.

Too many songs on this album to single out just one.   Believe me I’ve tried.   They are all simply incredible.  I never tire of this album.

Of course I’d LOVE to share with you some select YouTube videos of Jeff Buckley but SONY BMG in its greed has disabled the embedding of all their artists YouTube videos so that they can display an advertisement.  You can find his videos on YouTube but please don’t patronize SONY BMG and validate their poor marketing practice and attorneys.

Hackers block Qaeda’s 9/11 terror on tape

Hackers prevented Al Qaeda from releasing a videotape to mark the seventh anniversary of 9/11. Al Qaeda has traditionally issued a video or audiotape by either Osama bin Laden or Ayman al Zawahiri, the terror network’s two leaders, to mark their massive terrorist attack on the US.

As-Sahab, Al Qaeda’s media unit, had indicated earlier this week that it would post such a videotape on September 11. As-Sahab had banner images on the internet showing a silhouetted head with a question mark and the words, “Wait 11 September”.

The US-based intelligence group IntelCenter had speculated the video would be a message from Osama or Zawahiri with a recording of the last will and testament of Mohammed Atta, one of the leaders of the 9/11 attackers.

Sources close to US intelligence said, “Hackers knocked out Al Qaeda’s online means of communication, thus preventing them from posting anything to commemorate the anniversary.”
Western intelligence suspects two hackers who have targeted Islamicist sites before were responsible: Aaron Weisburd from Internet Haganah and Rusty Shackleford from the web group My Pet Jawa.

Both have been active in ongoing Internet battle between Islamicist hackers and their opponents.
Terrorism expert B Raman says, “I received word two days ago that it was possible the tape would not be released because of hackers.” He noted: “As Sahab is having problems. (Al Qaeda spokesperson) Adam Gadan, in charge of the website, has not been heard of for six months. There are reports he may have been killed in Pakistan.” He expects the tape to be issued three or four days from now. “Or they will send it to Al Jazeera.”

This is not the first time hackers have dented the plans of the world’s deadliest terror network. In 2004, a hacker group called TeAmZ USA had knocked out the websites of Abu Musal al-Zarqawi, late head of the Al Qaeda in Iraq, for showing tapes of Westerners being beheaded. The hackers left the image of a gun-toting penguin on the website.

Last year’s Al Qaeda anniversary videotape included a eulogy by Bin Laden to 9/11 attacker Waleed al Shehri and his video will — a recording made by suicide bombers before they carry out their missions. Al Qaeda failed to issue an anniversary tape in 2004 as well, leading to speculation Bin Laden had died. Last year, Washington released the anniversary tape two days before Al Qaeda did. Says Raman, “This was probably to deliberately show the US had hacked the password to Al Qaeda’s website.”

Absolutely Classic. If you don’t get the joke you’ll have to fire up Google.

Thanks to David from Artful Articulations for this

the teen hottie in the 1988 ‘Corey’ flick “License to Drive” was Heather Graham!

Wishing a happy birthday to ‘the Professor” Neil Peart. Thanks for the inspiration Pratt!

Gotta be careful….