Senator Roy Ashburn's DUI Arrest Has Opened A Can Of Worms For Him!

Is Republican Senator Roy Ashburn gay? The married father of four just made the news for his DUI arrest.Now,there are some embarrassing facts about him that CBS13.com has reported on.According to their report,Senator Roy Ashburn was coming from a gay Sacramento club when he was arrested for driving drunk.

If Roy Ashburn is gay,then,why is he so opposed to gay rights? It would appear that he is just another hypocritical politician.

Here's more from CBS13.com:

"Sources tell CBS13 a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento, early Wednesday morning.

The California Highway Patrol pulled over Senator Roy Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after an officer noticed a black Chevy Tahoe swerving at 13th and L Streets.

Ashburn, a father of four, is a Republican Senator representing parts of Kern, Tulare and San Bernardino Counties with a history of opposing gay rights."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

The White House Social Secretary,Desiree Rogers, Is Resigning

Desiree Rogers is the graceful 50 yr. old beauty who currently holds the position of White House Social Secretary.According to Lynn Sweet,of the Chicago-Sun Times,she will be resigning in March.

After that fame-seeking couple crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner,there were a lot of calls for her to step down.I'm sure that all of those folks are delighted today.Especially Washington Post's Sally Quinn,who publicly called for her resignation.

Here's more from WSJ:

"White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, who has been under fire ever since Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner, will resign in March, she told Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet.

“As we turn the corner on the first year,” Rogers told Sweet, “this is a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world.”

Rogers has been a glamorous and somewhat controversial figure in the White House from the beginning, posing for fashion shots and bringing eye-catching style to her post but sometimes being accused of neglecting the nitty gritty of the job. When the Salahi security came to light, Secret Service leaders took the fall, saying they had neglected to keep a watchful eye on the guests coming into the dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

But critics said Rogers and her crew were equally responsible for matching the guests to the guest list."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Sea World's Killer Whale Kills His Female Trainer In Front Of A Mortified Audience!

Dawn Brancheau is the 40 yr. old female trainer whose life ended when she was attacked by the killer whale she had trained at SeaWorld.Her unfortunate demise was witnessed by mortified spectators at the Shamu Stadium in Orlando,Florida.And since this isn't the first time the massive killer whale named Tilikum has killed,there is a debate raging over the safety of these theme park shows.

I do not believe that they are safe.This is the third time that this particular whale has killed a person.I say that enough is enough.Leave the killer whales alone & let them continue to reside in their natural habitat.Obviously,they are not show ponies.

My condolences go out to the friends & family of Dawn Brancheau.Her death was both horrific & unnecessary.Here's more from The Palm Beach Post:

"Three years ago, Russ Rector, a Fort Lauderdale dolphin trainer turned marine mammal activist, said he wrote SeaWorld a letter warning it was pushing its show mammals too hard to wow audiences, thereby inviting attacks on trainers.

On Wednesday, a killer whale named Tilikum implicated in two previous fatalities attacked a trainer during a show at the Orlando theme park, dragging her around like a toy and drowning her in front of horrified visitors.

``I warned them this was going to happen,' Rector said. ``Happy animals don't kill their trainers.''

There were conflicting reports of the circumstances that led to the death of Dawn Brancheau, but the accident seemed certain to rekindle debate over turning marine mammals, considered deeply intelligent and highly social by many scientists, into captive circus performers.

The attack on Brancheau, one of the park's most experienced trainers, was the latest in a string of violent incidents -- at least a handful of them fatal -- involving killer whales at SeaWorld and other marine theme parks around the world.

Tilikum, a 23-foot, 6-ton male that ranks among the largest orcas in captivity, had been linked to two of those deaths.

In 1991, the killer whale grabbed and drowned part-time trainer Keltie Byrne, who fell into its pool during a show at Sealand of the Pacific in British Columbia, Canada. It was later shipped to SeaWorld in Orlando where, in July 1999, security guards found a naked dead man draped across the orca's back one morning. The man had apparently slipped into the tank after hours, and though an autopsy showed he died of hypothermia, his body was also scratched and bruised.

Witnesses gave differing accounts to Orlando reporters about what happened during the noon show on Wednesday. Eldon Skaggs, 72, of Michigan told The Associated Press that Brancheau, 40, was on a platform with the killer whale and was massaging it when the creature suddenly ``pulled her under and started swimming around with her.'

``We were just a little bit stunned,' said Skaggs' wife, Sue Nichols, 67.

Another person in the audience told a local TV station that the orca jetted across the tank and shot into the air to grab Brancheau, thrashing so violently that the trainer's shoe shot off. But, according to the AP, Jim Solomons of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said Brancheau slipped or fell into the tank.

In a brief statement posted on the company website, Jim Atchison, president of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, said the company was investigating the incident and would review its operating standards.

``Nothing is more important than the safety of our employees, guests and the animals entrusted to our care,' he said."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.