RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Via WTOP radio.

[Washington DC] Metrobus operators have been disciplined hundreds of times for speeding, running red lights and striking pedestrians since 2004. During the same time period, many drivers have been caught driving while distracted, including one case where a bus operator was watching television behind the wheel.

Documents obtained by WTOP through a public records request show that since 2004, bus operators have racked up almost 400 violations for running red lights, as well as 260 speeding violations. In one instance, a bus operator was driving 59 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone.

One has to wonder how many are affirmative action employees hired in spite of bad records ... but that question will never be asked.

To be fair, Metro has several thousand drivers, most of whom have never had a violation. But still ... how do so many get through the screening process, and why are they still employed?

VOTING RIGHTS?

U.S. Justice Department blocks North Carolina city's nonpartisan vote.

Voters in the city [Kinston, NC] decided overwhelmingly last year to do away with the party affiliation of candidates in local elections, but the Obama administration recently overruled the electorate and decided that equal rights for black voters cannot be achieved without the Democratic Party.

The Justice Department's ruling, which affects races for City Council and mayor, went so far as to say partisan elections are needed so that black voters can elect their "candidates of choice" - identified by the department as those who are Democrats and almost exclusively black.

Republicans need not apply ....

POST ENDORSES DEEDS FOR VA GOVERNOR

I knew I was correct in deciding to vote for Bob McDonnell for Governor of Virginia.

Polling agrees: McDonnell, 59%; Deeds, 40%. One commenter snarks “Do you have a nest of racist, right-wing fascists in your newsroom? It will only encourage the sheep to vote Republican, against their own best interests. Get another polling firm quick -- one that produces the correct results.”

Glenn Reynolds wonders if there’s time left for the Washington Post to produce another “Macaca moment.”

DOES OBAMA BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS?

Of course he does. It’s all in the definition of “human.”

WHOLE FOODS DEFENDS CAPITALISM

"As long as it [capitalism] is seen as a philosophy of “greed,” [Whole Food CEO John] Mackey warns, then it will remain vulnerable to statist alternatives that kill economic growth, liberty, and technology."

The interview is here.