Ms. Not-California Should Get Out of the Press Too: She’s Killing Her Own Cause

The drama surrounding the Ms. California controversy is still in the media, and the primary antagonist, Carrie Prejean, is not helping her own cause with her actions.

She sued the pageant for breach of contract; it was over her statements that marriage is between a man and a woman (she’s right on that point alone) and her…augmented features…and then settled when news of some kind of sex tape emerged that was in the possession of the people she was suing. The pageant also sued for the surgery and the proceeds from her book. That was also settled.

Then her bizarre appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live show when she attempted to walk off the set didn’t settle matters at all. She subsequently canceled a later press engagement. Ms. Prejean really needs a publicist if she insists on staying in the news.

I think she needs to call it quits and get out of the media too. She’s only hurting her own case.

ACORN Files Lawsuit Against Government: Claim That Congress Passed a Bill of Attainder May Be Valid

I am no fan of ACORN, or the things that they’ve been accused of doing, including their roles in pressuring banks to extend loans to people who had no business getting loans, which lead to the sub-prime mortgage mess.

But when Congress de-funded the group of millions of dollars, ACORN was effectively crippled. Again, no big loss in my view.

But ACORN filed a lawsuit, claiming that the act of Congress that de-funded them was a bill of attainder, which is a law that targets one individual or group for punishment without due process or a trial, and is illegal under Article 1 of the Constitution. Individuals who are members of ACORN have been on trial, but the group as a whole has not.

They may have a point. Under the circumstances, the Congress probably should have suspended funding pending an investigation, rather than banning it outright.

How much more is this going to cost the taxpayers?

Lawsuit Filed Against Hulk Hogan's Family: Car Accident Victim's Family Seeks Millions for His Long-Term Care

Hulk Hogan's family is being sued by the family of a man who was severely injured as the result of Nick Hogan's reckless driving.

The lawsuit alleges that the Hogans, and the driver of the other car that was involved in the drag racing accident, were negligent in their actions leading up to the traumatic brain injury to John Graziano. Nick and a friend were drag racing down a Miami street last summer; Graziano was a passenger in the Hogan vehicle. Nick lost control of his car and slammed into a tree, which lead to Graziano's severe injury.

Graziano's care has already exceeded $1 million.

Hulk and Linda Hogan were in the process of getting a divorce, so the Graziano lawsuit was initiated before a divorce did happen and assets could be divided up.

Nick royally screwed up, and the Hogans may lose everything. After news of the accident broke last August, this lawsuit has been anticipated for many months. Some conspiracy theorists were suggesting that Hulk and Linda were getting a divorce to protect some of the family assets, but that's highly unlikely.

Their marriage problems precede the accident; some of their problems were documented on their reality show, Hogan Knows Best.

No clue as to how this will end.

Injured F-15C Pilot Sues Boeing: Aging Fighter Broke Up in Mid-Air

A Missouri National Guard pilot from the 110th Squadron, 131st Fighter Wing is suing Boeing over injuries he sustained when his F-15C Eagle broke apart in mid-air and crashed in southern Missouri. He ejected in time but sustained major injuries.

This crash led the Air Force to temporarily ground hundreds of early to mid-model F-15s until the fleet could be inspected for the sort of catastrophic problem which doomed this particular F-15 model C.

This is one of the reasons why the F-22 Raptor is being developed; most of the F-15s have more than double the service life that the fighter was originally built for. The F-15s were designed to operate for 4,000 hours, though they extended that expectation to 8,000 hours. Many of the F-15s (A through D models) are approaching or have gone through that limit. The F-15E will probably be in service through 2025 as they have a much longer service life--17,000 to 18,000 hours.

The F-15C that broke apart had about 5,600 hours on it.

The day will come when the F-15E Strike Eagles are the only F-15s left in the air. We can only hope that the F-22 Raptor will serve the nation and the Air Force as well as the F-15 has.

Pelosi Threatens to Sue President Over War Funding Bill if He Vetoes It Again: Congress Will Get It's Clock Cleaned if She Does

Here we go again.

President Bush has been threatening to veto a two-month war spending bill that Congress is floating around to members, and House Speaker Pelosi is threatening to take him to court over it, saying the President is overstepping the separation of powers.

I hope she does, because she will find out that it is Congress that is violating the separation of powers in this instance.

This is an attempt by Pelosi to violate Constitutional procedures by denying the President the right to veto the bill, and her own failure to get enough members of the House to override the Presidential veto.

She will ultimately fail to override the nuts and bolts of the Constitution.

Viacom Sues Google/YouTube for $1 Billion for Copyright Infringement: Who is This Lawsuit Really Aimed At?

Viacom filed a lawsuit against Google and YouTube for $1 billion, claiming that some 160,000 pieces of their protected material ended up on the popular video website, and that Google/YouTube hasn't done anything fast enough to address their demands.

But who is this lawsuit really directed at? YouTube, for not removing the videos fast enough, or the people who posted the videos in the first place and actually broke copyright infringement laws while doing so?

I am of the opinion that it was filed to serve as a warning to the posters as well as YouTube. Viacom is notorious for suing everyone in sight for daring to tread on their copyrights.

Should be interesting to see if YouTube is the anchor that will weigh down Google as many experts predicted after Google bought YouTube.