Whilst I was surfing the net over the past couple of days, I came across a couple articles that I deemed worthy of being posted on here.
First of all, I found an editorial on “golden parachutes” on the eloquently-written blog, But Now You Know. It explains how these “golden parachutes” are misunderstood. It’s not hard to decipher why people get frustrated with executives at failing corporations raking in massive severance packages while most employees are left to struggle to make ends meet. However, in order for a struggling company to survive, they need good leadership and in this way “golden parachutes” prevent falling companies from going under. Truth be told, it’s a way that “ugly” capitalism helps us all without us knowing about it.
Secondly, I noticed that President-Elect Obama has been busy appointing his administration and while he presents himself as a “uniter and not a divider,” he wastes no opportunity to show his left-wing extremism on issues affecting human life and our judiciary. He appointed Dawn Johnsen, a former NARAL legal director, to serve in the Attorney General’s staff. I do not for a second doubt Obama’s commitment to judicial activism and undermining human life. He has stated before Planned Parenthood that he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act, a blatantly unconstitutional abomination that would undermine state’s rights to regulate abortion and extend more free reign than already exists to the operators of human slaughterhouses we call abortion clinics. When it comes to the Supreme Court, it seems he will appoint three judges to replace Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer. He won’t gain any ground for the activists since he will be replacing activists with activists, but he will extend their reach for decades. If McCain or Palin had the opportunity to appoint constitutionalist judges to replace the activists, than 50 years of activists Supreme Court cases would have come down like dominoes. Since all the outgoing justices are extreme, there is the hope that the Republicans and moderate Democrats can filibuster Obama into accepting a moderate for one of the seats. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
