By the way. I just need to gloat. I won money on the Patriots. Ha!
Every one seems to be
Every one seems to be surprised and angry that Ken Lay declined to entertain the invitation to speak before the Senate today. I am not surprised, and here are two possible reasons he may have skipped the barrel-fishing session that would have taken place inthe Senate Chambers today:
1.) Ken Lay is innocent of criminal wrongdoing.
In which case, after every fat-mouthed hypocrite Congressman and Senator has attacked your character, attacked your integrity, and basically raped you in the media for political gain, would you go sit before them and let them ask you offensive, obnoxious, and ill-informed questions which you have to answer politely? I wouldn’t. In fact, with Ken Lay’s money I would hire a private investigator for every Senator and Congressman on one of these committees. I would then spend whatever resources were necessary to shred through every 1040 form, every campaign contribution, and every business dealing that each one of them has had, and I would publish any transgression or POSSIBLE transgression (which is what Lay is guilty of right now- POSSIBLE transgressions), and I would buy multiple full page ads in the NY Times, the WaPo, and the LA Times, and I would put them out there for everyone to see. Then, in my opening statement, I would air all their dirty laundry again. And then I would have a cue card on every Senator and Congressman, so that when they asked me a question, I could say, “Yes. Senator Lieberman, I may have been guilty of poor judgement. But it is in no way as bad as the judgement of Company X, which went out of business in 1992. I notice that they left 275 people unemployed, but not before funding your campaign with x amount of dollars. I also see that you claimed a capital gain of X amounts of dollars in 1991 from the sale of their stock, a mere few months before the company failed.”
2.) Ken Lay is a scum sucking bastard and IS Guilty.
In which case he could give two hoots in hell what Congress or you and I think of him.
Jim Traficant just announced on
Jim Traficant just announced on Fox’s Hannity and Colmes that he is gonna kick the Justice Department’s ass. Go get ’em Jim!
I have long loved Jim Traficant, and the folks at HappyFunPundit appear to have become converts.
The other day, Ann Richards
The other day, Ann Richards was the guest du jour on Larry King Live. Ann is still as rambunctious and offensive as always, and anymore she looks like the mutant offspring of a bizarre cross-breeding incident involving Barbara Bush, Tammy Faye Baker, and a brick Wall. Ann still has her soothing ’60 Marlboro red cigarettes a day’ voice, and the same twangy folksy accent that makes Molly Ivins such a treat to listen to. What really is scary is just how scared she is. About EVERYTHING.
Ann Richards’ Fear of Foreign Policy:
KING: All right. Now, let’s run down some issues. The State of the Union speech made by the man who followed you in office, the — he followed you. You were governor. He was governor, and now he’s president. What did you think of it?
RICHARDS: Well, I thought the performance was great. I think he’s really improved his speaking style. I thought the speech writer should get an “A”, because it was a very well-crafted speech. The criticisms I have is, No. 1, I’m a little bit afraid of being in a war in four places at one time. When he starts telling me that we’re going to be at war in Afghanistan, or we’re going to have peacekeepers there, and then we’re going to be in Iraq and we’re going to be in Iran, and we’re going to be in Korea, that makes me a little bit nervous. …But when we start talking about expanding wars, it scares me a little bit.
Ann Richards on Kidnapping:
KING: We’re back with Governor Ann Richards. We will be including your phone calls. What do you make, Governor, of this death threat made by this group in Pakistan against — they’re holding the “Wall Street Journal” reporter and the threat against all journalists, get out in three days or you’re all going to be in — have big troubles?
RICHARDS: Of course, I think — I think kidnapping and those foreign kidnappings are the most frightening things in the world because — and I’m sure this administration feels that. It sort of damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Heaven knows how one is supposed to react to that kind of threat. It is really, really scary. And we should remember that man in our prayers. Mr. Pearl is his name, isn’t it?
Ann Richards on the Camp X-Ray detainees:
KING: What about the detainees now and their treatment?
RICHARDS: Well, I looked at those pictures in the “New York Times,” and I thought it was really scary. I never had seen prisoners that had things over their ears, and blinders over their eyes, and their hands in mittens, and their wrists bound together with metal. And they may not be hurting. You know, they may be trying to keep those people in such total isolation that they break down.
But I think that when Colin Powell raises a question about the treatment in the fashion in which that they are being treated, then I think the administration ought to listen, and I think they’re going to.
Guess what? There was one thing during this interview that did not scare Ann Richards: living conditions in Castro’s totalitarian regime next door to Camp X-Ray
But the people were energetic. They were cheerful. They were healthy-looking. They were clean-looking. I saw no people that I would describe that were at the level of destitution, sleeping in a doorway, like we see some in this country. People are not wealthy. I didn’t meet a rich person. There is a vast middle. The literacy rate is at 96 percent. They are all employed. They all have roofs over their heads. In fact, it is a human right in Cuba to have a place to live and you cannot be evicted.
Everybody together: America sucks, America sucks!
If I am not the
If I am not the most incompetent html coder on the planet I would be shocked. It took me an hour to get that ugly paypal thing up, and it isn’t even where I want it. Grumble…
God 0, Teammates 1- I
God 0, Teammates 1-
I am not antagonistic towards religion, but it always irks me when people win sporting events and praise God. This year, the winners are gushing about their teammates and their coach. Makes more sense to me.
Congrats Pats. You shocked me, and it makes the Steelers loss so much more palatable.
Sorry for the dearth of
Sorry for the dearth of posts this week-end. Spent all day Saturday at the library, and today I tackled a mountain of laundry and then prepped for the SuperBowl.
Quick Comments:
– U2 just did the best halftime show I remember.
– I am shocked- SHOCKED, by the halftime score.
– In the spirit of blogdom, I paid for Glenn Kinen’s banner. He should be ad free, soon, and I would recommend a visit. The folks at Protein Wisdom took care of mine, and I think it is high time I repay the favor.
Many, many profound thanks to the folks at the Libertarian Samizdata and to Damian Penny for the linkage. Those are two of the blogs that I check even when I have no time to be reading blogs, so this is a high honor indeed.
Sometime tomorrow I have some comments about the Ann Richards interview on Larry King, and blurb about why things ARE different in this last year, and some other stuff.
BTW- If you want another damn fine red wine (as good or better than Black Opal– depending on your tastes- FWIW, I had the Shiraz the other night and LOVED it), try Lindemans cabernet. I don’t know what the deal is, but these low budget Aussie reds have just been knocking my socks off lately, and I have not had one that I dislike.