Some Stories To Chew On This Morning

I'm still in an exceptionally bad mood this morning, so rather than write something I might regret, I'm just going to post a few stories I found this morning with minimal commentary (á la my Quick Links of yore).

First up we have the first two stories on this page over at Fox News.

Re the first story: I've handled the boxes human tissue are shipped in. It takes a complete and utter moron to mistake them. In this case we had two. The chick shipping 119 lbs of pot via air cargo was pretty obviously a moron, but so was the cargo agent who gave her the organs. It's not too often that styrofoam coolers with big red labels marked "HUMAN TISSUE" come through. The only good thing here is that the organs got to the recipient in time. Otherwise I'd be calling for charging both the doper and cargo agent with some form of manslaughter. There is no excuse for this. None.

re the second item: At 63 years old doesn't this guy have a clue about acting maturely? Didn't he ever learn that committing a wrong to counter a wrong is still wrong? The very fact that he's on the city council makes me hope that the DA throws the book at him and charges him with each and every infraction. Politicians seem to be forgetting that they are not above the law. A reminder needs to be sent.

And the San Jose Mercury News has an article today that discusses the problems that Kerry, Edwards, and Kucinich (if he makes the trip west, and if anyone pays attention to him) are going to have trying to sell their opposition to NAFTA in California. Actually, I think Edwards might have a problem as he actually has taken a clear position on the issue. Kerry is on both sides of this fence, too having voted for NAFTA, but now claiming that he doesn't like it (Kerry seems to have a pattern of this - he votes one way and then expresses his regret about having done so, thereby trying to triangulate by staking out positions on both sides of the debate. His only clear position seems to be that he can claim to be on every single side of any issue.). And Kucinich, well nobody would listen to him anyway, so we won't go there. It's too bad that California probably won't accord this issue the attention it deserves. This, more than most issues, will definitely have an effect on their economy. Do I see another clear choice in the making???