I follow @1310Ticketless, obviously a big fan of my sports radio 1310 The TICKET, but he tweets great local sports gems. His wife recently died at the age of 33 to ALS, perhaps better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Danny Balis, one of the personalities at the station, played at the funeral. I’m not trying to judge the guy, but it was interesting to see him tweet parts of the funeral in between various sports tweets. For instance, here are his sons on the way to the funeral, and a view from his seat during the mass.
It was nice to see Pudge retire as a Ranger. Heck, it’s nice to see the Rangers off to such a good start.
I’m proud of our military, I love the men and women who serve our country, but it’s so shocking and disappointing when they end up making foolish choices in front of a camera, and it seems to be happening more and more.
Those Secret Service agents involved with that prostitution scandal in Columbia are idiots and brought shame to their fellow agents, it’s like they have they never seen a movie in which prostitutes were used to compromised an agent.
The presidential election is a little more than six months away, and anything can happen, but as of right now I feel like I need to get use to hearing “President Romney.”
I’m curious to know how the Supreme Court’s decision on the health care law will play into the whole election, especially since “Obamacare” was based or inspired by “Romneycare”. I guess if it’s ruled unconstitutional, it will just be a wash.
I saw Gov Good Hair in an interview yesterday, and the hair looked much grayer, which made me think he was dying it during the campaign.
This new translation of the Bible omits words like apostle and Christ. The Houston Baptist prof that helped put it together mentions that “Christ” was omitted because most folks just don’t know what it means.
Regarding the Secret Service, I wonder how their employment contract is worded to justify firing them. As I understand it, prostitution is legal in that country. If that is the case, then they were breaking no laws. So, does their contract have some sort of 'morals' clause that supersedes local laws? Is it similar to Baseball's 'best interest of the sport' clause that allows them to punish even when no specific rule was broken? In no way am I justifying what they did, I am just curious how they are justifying the firing.
Actually, under International Legal Principles, you can be charged with a crime in your home country even if it is committed abroad. This is very often ignored and very rarely cited within the U.S. court system. So it doesn't really matter if prostitution is legal in that country, they can still face any manner of punishment that is deemed appropriate by the authorities that may have jurisdiction in this case. International Legal jurisdiction is a tricky business, and the United States doesn't seem to get along with the International Legal System on the grounds of claimed sovereignty. So the argument is often made that since the US isn't party to treaty -X then they cannot be held accountable for a violation of treaty-X. This is a fallacy, as every sovereign nation is beholden to customary legal principles. In this particular case, I would imagine that if one is a representative of the United States (in this case a government employee), that the US would have the authority to bring down any number of sanctions down upon you if you violate US law while abroad. There is a great deal of politicking in-between the lines here on this particular issue, but that is the gist.
Prostitution is not against federal law. It is a local/state law otherwise it could not be legal in parts of NV. So, the agents would not have broken any US law which would make your point irrelevant.
No, my point still stands, that had they done something that was illegal in the US then they could still be charged with something that may have been legal in another country. You made the point of it being legal in another country, which makes that statement the irrelevant one. As for the conduct of a representative of the United States, even customers of prostitutes are subject to fines and potential imprisonment depending upon the circumstances. The instances in NV are very heavily regulated and are limited to brothel institutions. If you want to make generalizations be my guest, I was simply explaining how they could have been legally liable for committing any kind of offense while abroad.
Regarding the Secret Service, I wonder how their employment contract is worded to justify firing them. As I understand it, prostitution is legal in that country. If that is the case, then they were breaking no laws. So, does their contract have some sort of 'morals' clause that supersedes local laws? Is it similar to Baseball's 'best interest of the sport' clause that allows them to punish even when no specific rule was broken? In no way am I justifying what they did, I am just curious how they are justifying the firing.
Actually, under International Legal Principles, you can be charged with a crime in your home country even if it is committed abroad. This is very often ignored and very rarely cited within the U.S. court system. So it doesn't really matter if prostitution is legal in that country, they can still face any manner of punishment that is deemed appropriate by the authorities that may have jurisdiction in this case. International Legal jurisdiction is a tricky business, and the United States doesn't seem to get along with the International Legal System on the grounds of claimed sovereignty. So the argument is often made that since the US isn't party to treaty -X then they cannot be held accountable for a violation of treaty-X. This is a fallacy, as every sovereign nation is beholden to customary legal principles. In this particular case, I would imagine that if one is a representative of the United States (in this case a government employee), that the US would have the authority to bring down any number of sanctions down upon you if you violate US law while abroad. There is a great deal of politicking in-between the lines here on this particular issue, but that is the gist.
Prostitution is not against federal law. It is a local/state law otherwise it could not be legal in parts of NV. So, the agents would not have broken any US law which would make your point irrelevant.
No, my point still stands, that had they done something that was illegal in the US then they could still be charged with something that may have been legal in another country. You made the point of it being legal in another country, which makes that statement the irrelevant one. As for the conduct of a representative of the United States, even customers of prostitutes are subject to fines and potential imprisonment depending upon the circumstances. The instances in NV are very heavily regulated and are limited to brothel institutions. If you want to make generalizations be my guest, I was simply explaining how they could have been legally liable for committing any kind of offense while abroad.
Keith, you're not trying to pay some penance for hurting people by ending these posts with that line are you?