Piercing the Silence

This moronic scumbag Samuel J. Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" had his AZ driver license suspended

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/128323

Wurzelbacher, who lived in Mesa in 2000 and had an Arizona driver's license, had his driver's license suspended by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division on May 4, 2000, following a nonpayment of a court-imposed fine for civil traffic violations, according to court records.

...owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes, according to public records, still owes more than $700 to the Mesa court system.

Records show he was cited for failure to stop at a red light and for failure to provide proof of insurance on Feb. 9, 2000, in a black Dodge truck at the intersection of Dobson and Baseline roads in Mesa.

After failing to pay his original fine of $627.50 issued in March 2000, his license was suspended and the fine was handed over to a collection agency along with a 16 percent surcharge. The now-resident of Holland, Ohio, still owes $727.90 to the Mesa Municipal Court, according to court records.


Hopefully the collection agency will break both of his legs so he'll never be able to walk nor work ever again. This typical Republican scumbag deserves it.

Modern African history is but a red tear. How are the poor miserable Africans seen by the Western politicians? After the colonial period they are still regarded as human beings of "deusième classe". What 's happening in Darfur is identical and similar to what happened in Abu Graib Iraqi prison. The difference is simply geographical. in Morocco, many girls and women have been raped and humilated during the last decades and the ruling regime is still supported by the Americans and the Europeans as well. I propose another title to the book : Tears in Africa : Memoirs of Survivals in the Old Continents.

The husk of my heart.

In the heaven,
near a beautiful
clapping, I
hear a voice:
a spirit appears
in the shade
of a Chapel
and everything
shines on the
side of your
darkness.

Francesco Sinibaldi

Let Africans solve African problems. There is no 'solution' to Darfur that doesn't involve massive amounts of troops, killing of combatants/rebels/bandits, and massive amount of 'Nation-Building', which no Superpower has ever gotten 'right' in recent world history. Iraq has satisfied the US appetite for trying such foolishness. Europe is too lazy, apathetic, and broke to do anything. If Africans don't like what is happening in Darfur, perhaps they should simply stop butchering each other and try diplomatic solutions......I didn't think so.

Its happened in Angola, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Uganda, Central African Republic, Guinea. Now Dafur, DR Congo, Somalia to name a few. The underlying causes of these wars is the weakness, the corruption, the high level of militarization, and in some cases the complete collapse, of the countries involved. And a common thread is they are all similar in the brutality of the tactics (ranging from mass murder and ethnic cleansing, to amputation, starvation, child soldiers, forced labour, rape and cannibalism) used by combatants to secure their objectives. The UN struggles to implement minimally effective crisis response and conflict resolution strategies, they still struggle to develop effective models for conflict prevention and for post conflict economic and political transition that can deliver any reasonable hope for peace. In essence, they are ineffective, a toothless tiger. Change will come slowly and from within. It will be interesting to see how Mr. Obama deals with the Africa issue, or will he ignore it like the last 4 administrations, Repub and Demo's.

Why is the Sudanese Government so isolated, that they have to defend themselves against charges of this nature? What does this say about international relations? How is the Jinjaweed militia, allowed to carry out the activities? Are the ideals of the 'civilized' world mere lip service? Perhaps, the world does not have the will not to indulge in grudges against one another. Why does the United States find contentment in condemning, and not in helping the Sudanese administration to help these very unfortunate people?

Comment: If someone is looking to lay blame soemwhere, look no further than the UN. They send in unarmed peackeeping troops who have done no more than add to the convoluted conflict. Darfur is the world's problem, not just America's. If you look at the number of NGO's on the ground in Darfur and neighboring Chad, establishing IDP camps and shipping in food, clothes, medical and other assistance, you'll see a well-represented cross-cultural display. The problems are that the staff cannot be protected, food and medical suppliues are hijacked and the flood of aid is diverted.. This is where the UN needs to step up and flex its muscle - if it has any. If not, it should be abolished because anything less is simply a bandaid on an amputation.

bmd12345 , are y kidding, I've never met any American that is more stupid and ignorant than y

The Darfur crisis began in 2004 - at least that's when I first heard about it. The US could have done something then, but what was the pre-occupation? Congress was trying to pass an amendment to ban gay marriage. McCain could have gotten mad. He could have said something he did not because gay marriage was the big :"gotcha" issue in 2004 among voters presumably bmd.

We haven't done anything since because we are tied up in Iraq. And with a two front war in Iraq and Afghanistan we cannot send a peace keeping force to the Sudan.

Even now as I am writing, many so-called Christians are spending their time and money trying to ban gay marriage in California. They do not have time for Darfur. I agree that something must be done and Obama is interested in mediating disputes in advance before they become shooting wars. Between Obama and McCain, Obama is far more likely to do something about Darfur than McCain and Palin who once elected will again launch some sort of Christian crusade against gays - since that's a sure way to please their core supporters.

So bmd, before you call others names, look in a mirror.