Month: July 2011

Oak Park Resident May Face Jail For Planting Vegetables

~ Pharmer

in her front yard.

Click to check out this cool garden: Does Michelle Obama Know About This? | The Agitator.

The Bass family of Oak Park, Michigan  decided to plant vegetables in their front yard after a sewer line was replaced.  Since the grass was torn up, and the yard trashed, they determined  to do something useful and put in beautiful raised beds of vegetables.

City planner Kevin Rulkowski has deemed this unsuitable use of private property, and has proffered a new definition of that word, to justify prosecution of one Julie Bass, for the offense of planting vegetables in her own  front yard.

Ms. Bass has demanded a jury trial and may face up to 93 days in jail if convicted of illicit vegetable planting.

Take one more look under the top link to see that vegetable  garden.

For your convenience, the contact information for the city officials (including Mr Rulkowski) of Oak Park  is clickable right HERE.   They might appreciate  suggestions of more useful things to do besides bothering the Bass family.

Visit Julie Bass’s blog:  Oakparkhatesveggies to keep up to date.  The big showdown is planned for  July 26th.

Rush Limbaugh On Casey Anthony Verdict | Abortion | RealClearPolitics

~ Pharmer

Rush Limbaugh On Casey Anthony Verdict | Abortion | RealClearPolitics.

Click that!   It’s the strongest commentary on the media debacle surrounding this circus of a trial.

The devolution  of civilization  is certainly being led by the owners of the old media.

Anthony’s defense attorney shows the media his middle finger.

Remember the renowned,  Princeton bioethicist,  Peter Singer’s opinion that kids don’t achieve full moral status until after the age of two ?

» Pro-Life Group Thrown Out of Illinois July 4th Parade By Jaycees – Big Government

~ Pharmer

» Pro-Life Group Thrown Out of Illinois July 4th Parade By Jaycees – Big Government.

Palatine Illinois Jaycees threw the local Catholic Respect Life group out of their Fourth of July Parade.  The excuse for this obamanation is Jaycee’s apparent disapproval of a fetal image used on one of the posters.   It was not an aborted fetus,  but an ultrasound photo of a live one, to demonstrate intrauterine development of the unborn.

The Contact info for the Palatine, IL   Jaycees is RIGHT HERE, if you would like to express your opinion of this action to their President, Chrissy Trilling-Raices

Dominique Strauss-Khan to Get Off

~ Pharmer

In the legal sense, that is.

Prosecutors will agree to drop the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn — either on his next court date in two weeks or even sooner, according to a top investigator – NYPOST.com.

Looks like the maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Khan of rape has lost her credibility with investigators.   It is expected that charges against him will be dropped.

Alternate stories suggest that the hotel maid offered sex for money to Strauss-Khan  and became angry when she did not get her fee.

In a nutshell, there appears to be no doubt that DSK donated his DNA, but the story that the donation was forced on the recipient is now in doubt.


The NY hotel maid has filed a libel suit against the New York Post for publishing the suggestions that she was selling sex.

Former Sacramento priest files suit against his accuser – Sacramento Living – Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

~ Pharmer

Former Sacramento priest files suit against his accuser – Sacramento Living – Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee.

Perhaps this is the main reason that Fr. John Corapi resigned from priestly functions…… so he could bring a lawsuit against his accuser.

With the shortage of vocations,  the Catholic church in the U.S. really can’t afford to remove every priest who is accused, whether the accusations are true or not.

Many priests arrange never to be alone in a room with another person in order to prevent false accusations.

The Church offers not much possibility for an accused priest, or lay ministers and teachers to defend themselves against false charges.

Having a prominent priest fight back might be a very  necessary thing, although filing suit certainly isn’t “turning the other cheek”.

Too much acquiescence to the accusers, many of whom are not truthful,  could eventually remove the ability of the Church to function in its educational and charitable ministries.