First let start off by saying I'm a huge NASCAR fan, and the fact that I disagree with the follow will not cause me to turn around and not watch it. I'm just pointing out the sanctioning bodies stupidity.
Yesterday the federal appeals court has lifted the injunction placed on NASCAR to allow Jeff Burton/Richard Childress sponsor AT&T to use the AT&T logo (I'm not a huge AT&T fan either but that is another rant). The story be found here.
Here is the problem I have with this whole court battle to begin with an owner/driver in NASCAR are considered INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. They pay dues to become members of NASCAR, and then also pay huge entry fees for each race. In order to build, maintain and enter races the owners have get to Sponsorship to flip the bill (roughly 40 to 85 million a year depending on the team). NASCAR also finds Sponsors in order to flip the bill for the purses and contingency prizes. Some how when Nextel signed on to be the Title Sponsor NASCAR agreed to not allow any other communications company to get involved. That is fine and dandy as that would affect other NASCAR sponsorship i.e. Race sponsorship, and contingency prizes. But this has seemed to have included the race teams as well. Well, OK I'll go for that as the teams that had sponsorship prior to the deal can continue to use those sponsors.
OK so here is the tricky part,, and the whole reason of the court battle. First we will start with Nextel. After they signed the 10 Title sponsorship deal with NASCAR they were purchased by Sprint. We have all seen the commercials now Sprint Nextel right? Well now they are going to change the name of the series title again to the Sprint Cup Series. OK, that works, Sprint bought Nextel and have the right change the name to meet the corporate identity, they paid/are paying for it. Now down on the team level, AT&T purchased Bell South and all of it subsidiaries (Cingular). As any corporation has the right to do (like Sprint) they change the name to meet the standard of the corporate identity including it's logos. Now Sprint and NASCAR are preventing the Corporate Identity Change from Cingular to AT&T. It is the same company that was there before but operating under a different umbrella, just like Nextel (excuse me), Sprint.
So in my ever so humble opinion (which means it doesn't matter anyway) NASCAR needs to pull their head out of the collective asses and allow the teams that race NASCAR get the sponsors who want to pay the money no matter who they are. They are paying the teams to race in the top series in the World. They don't want to sponsor a Bucsh Series car or a truck for that matter, they want to sponsor a cup team because that is what gets them most exposure. I also understand that if it wasn't for NASCAR the exposure would be there in the first place. However, if NASCAR continues down this road of limiting Sponsorship to the teams there wont be any teams to race. They have to keep that in check, there is a lot more they need to open their eyes to as well but again,, that is another rant.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
On July 17 the President Bush released the titled executive order the fill content of the order can be found below, then I will give you how I read this order.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,
(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:
(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.
Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 17, 2007.
As I read the above order to me it is clearly aimed at persons and/or organizations that provide comfort to the enemy (terrorist). Kinda like what Code Pink did with the help of a US Senator during the first battle of Falluja. They supplied food and medical supplies to the insurgents combatants during that battle. If they were to do it again during the surge then the State Department will seize all properties and funds that are registered to the organization and any person therefore associated. this makes perfect sense to me. Treat a traitor as a traitor.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,
(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:
(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.
Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 17, 2007.
As I read the above order to me it is clearly aimed at persons and/or organizations that provide comfort to the enemy (terrorist). Kinda like what Code Pink did with the help of a US Senator during the first battle of Falluja. They supplied food and medical supplies to the insurgents combatants during that battle. If they were to do it again during the surge then the State Department will seize all properties and funds that are registered to the organization and any person therefore associated. this makes perfect sense to me. Treat a traitor as a traitor.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Global Warming and the Lefts misuse of the term
First off I would like to congradualate Al Gore for his Oscar!
Global Warming, what is it exactly? Well to some scientist it is something we should fear and could be very catastrophic, by putting New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC and San Francisco under water. They are claiming that it is humans contribution of CO2 adding to the green house gases in the atmosphere that is causing Global Warming. Ok, I get what they are talking about, however, how can they completely ignore all of the other studies out there? For instance, the human population in it entirety only contributes a total of .5% percent of the CO2 in the atmosphere. The fall foilage is a larger contributer than the entire human race.
The earth has undergone global warming and coolings over its age. Both warming and cooling trends lasts thousands of years. Al Gore's movie points to the rise of CO2 in the ice during a warming trend. That is correct, however CO2 rises as the tempature rises not the other way around, the ice samples prove that by the way. there are studies that many scientist of the IPCC refer to studies that show the the real culporite of global warming is the sun, many of these studies of refered to in a show done on the BBC channel 4 " The Global Warming Swindel" check it out,, all of the studies mentioned are also available, the left and the ecoterrorist just need to find something else to keep them employed.
Global Warming, what is it exactly? Well to some scientist it is something we should fear and could be very catastrophic, by putting New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC and San Francisco under water. They are claiming that it is humans contribution of CO2 adding to the green house gases in the atmosphere that is causing Global Warming. Ok, I get what they are talking about, however, how can they completely ignore all of the other studies out there? For instance, the human population in it entirety only contributes a total of .5% percent of the CO2 in the atmosphere. The fall foilage is a larger contributer than the entire human race.
The earth has undergone global warming and coolings over its age. Both warming and cooling trends lasts thousands of years. Al Gore's movie points to the rise of CO2 in the ice during a warming trend. That is correct, however CO2 rises as the tempature rises not the other way around, the ice samples prove that by the way. there are studies that many scientist of the IPCC refer to studies that show the the real culporite of global warming is the sun, many of these studies of refered to in a show done on the BBC channel 4 " The Global Warming Swindel" check it out,, all of the studies mentioned are also available, the left and the ecoterrorist just need to find something else to keep them employed.
Quick Note
First off I would like to thank Google for screwing things up,,, I can't get to my old blog so now, I must start new one.
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