I love this ...and I stole it..

from Ms. Julien's blog..its a funny look at the Prez's use of the word "fabulous" among other things..the name of the website is "is bush gay"..

Tom DeLay Indicted..bout damn time!

Remember this face, its the face of an indicted US House Majority Leader!

A Travis County Texas grand jury today indicted U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on a single count of felony criminal conspiracy involving an exchange of money that made corporate cash available to Republican Texas House candidates in 2002. Corporate cash is a NO NO..and Tommy knew that.

The indictment alleges that DeLay conspired with two of his political cronies, John Colyandro of Austin and Jim Ellis of Virginia, to convert $190,000 in corporate money into individual campaign contributions through a transfer of funds using the Republican National Committee to launder the funds.

Colyandro and Ellis last year were indicted on a money laundering charge involving the transfer. They were reindicted earlier this month to add a criminal conspiracy charge each.

TRMPAC,DeLay's Texans for a Republic Majority Action Committee, raised and spent almost $650,000 in corporate money to influence the 2002 Texas House races. State law restricts the use of corporate and labor union money in races for elective office.

Being under indictment Delay must now resign his office of Majority Leader..Praise Jesus..there is justice for all..including the Repub's :) for a good read on all the crap that Tommy has pulled and got nailed for..read the Slate article..it ranks his escapades on the "Stench" and "Trouble" scale..this one indictment really stinks LOL..

Majority Leader Bill Frist...can you say Insider Info?

First off, do NOT tell me he had no clue about the impending announcement. His friggin brother is Chairman of the company, not to mention its a family company period. When your company is going to announce it didn't hit its numbers for the preceeding quarter all upper brass know this, hell most of the company does. I know, I have worked for publicly held companies. He sold his shares in HCA, a gigantic hospital conglomeration, five days before the announcement, which by the way saw the stock drop ten percent immediately. He is back-peddaling now and saying he put this sale in the works three months ago. Billy Bob is from Tennessee, and evidently thinks the American populus will buy this bullshit hands down. I am praying to God they wont. Frist said in past statements that the blind trusts he created to hold his assets kept him ignorant about his HCA stake and other investments. Yeah, but come on now..your brother just treated you like a mushroom did he now? Kept you in the dark and fed you bullshit dude?

This is so hot that Chris Cox, head of the S.E.C. has recused himself from the investigation..what does he know and why is he running as far away from this as possible? makes ya wonder don't it?

Cindy Sheehan arrested..and so it begins..

Being a member of the left wing nut jobs since I was a teenager, I have been waiting for this to begin..I knew it would, I hoped Cindy would be a part of it, and it makes me sad that I can not take part in these demonstrations of free speech..I am too old and too physically screwed(two blown discs in my lower back)to take part in our right to protest this illegal war. The foreign press is covering her arrest more so than the talking heads from America..It was a dumb move on the part of Bushie to arrest her, gave her lots of media exposure..but I don't expect brains and intelligence out of this bunch of nimrods running our country.

When I did a google search on the words "cindy sheehan arrested" I got one National write up by ABC news..the rest were foreign writeups..sadly I think this is so fucked up..but what can you expect when Kate Moss's coke habit gets more coverage than Frist's bullshit..

Please tell ARNIE to sign the civil marriage bill..

The bastard will make up his mind in a few days they say..help him out by telling him what you think about it..
"Make sure all Californians, all California's children and families, will have equal protection under the law." -Assemblymember Mark Leno

The link to Phil Angelides petition is here.

My favorite Bush pic..

a group I subscribe to has been passing around the picture of the Prez using the phone upside down..it reminded me of this one..which is my favorite..

Tyco Exec's finally receive their sentences..

I don't know if many people followed this trial which showcased corporate greed..but let us review...

The CEO and the CFO of Tyco Int'l..Dennis Kolowski and Mark Swartz stole from Tyco..steal doesn't really cover what they did. They raped this company of : $180 million bucks.. thats U.S. dollars..not pesos..one of them owned a shower curtain valued at 6 fucking thousand dollars and Denny threw a 2 million dollar birthday party for his wife on the island of Sardinia..flew his buddys there..which i guess isnt a big deal unless its NOT YOUR money..they made hundreds of millions more through manipulations of Tyco's stock.Tyco makes electronics and medical supplies and owns the ADT home security business. Didn't they used to make toys too? oh well i digress..

Denny pleaded with the judge for leniency..he cried and carried on saying the judge should look at all the good he has done in his life..give me a FUCKING break..Kozlowski and Swartz will be sent to one of New York's state prisons because they were convicted in state court, meaning the former executives will do considerably harder time than they would have at a federal facility. LMAO..I don't think they will bunk together..but i bet they are wishing they could..

They both got 25 years and will be eligible for parol in 8 years..The judge also ordered the defendants to pay a total of $134 million in restitution to Tyco International Ltd. In addition, the judge fined Kozlowski $70 million, and Swartz $35 million. I don't think Koz's trophy wife will be going on any spending spree's real soon..

The Repub's are holding back..at the expense of Katrina's victims

They will give Bushie every penny he asked for in his made up war on terror..but they dont feel so warm and fuzzy about giving him a blank check to fix the mississippi delta. Said an "unnamed" senior House Republican official who requested anonymity because of the potential consequences of publicly criticizing the administration(no..really?):"We are not sure he knows what he is getting into."

They are afraid that 'they' will pay the bill that Bush is charging up right now to cover his ass in this huge faux paux created by FEMA and the federal government's lack of response after K struck. I totally understand this logic. He is going to be out of office before the final bill is tabulated for rebuilding and repopulating the area. He promised a shit-load of things..some of which have nothing to actually DO with the devastation caused by Katrina. Yes, its an inherently poor population as a whole. It's a red state but a poor state..the Repubs are wondering if the return will match the investment..no emotion, just the bottom line.

Personally I want to see the math on stopping the war in Iraq now and moving that money to rebuilding the delta..but I doubt this will happen..it makes too much sense.

Roberts must of been a Politico in his former life..

He's been very good at dodging direct questions. He's a smooth operator that man but thats not a surprize, he's a lawyer. He is going to get in, and will affect our Nation's course for decades to come..my only hope is that he is a helluva lot more intelligent than our current Prez..course that isn't really much of a stretch is it..and that he will not ego trip his way through the cases inserting his personal beliefs on his rulings. The last Chief Justice had to die before he was removed and that bothered me quite abit, I think it showed that he believed he was more important than what he did. Pope's and Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life..gives me chills just thinking about it..

Please help them if you can, they can not help themselves..

Being a major animal lover I chose to support this relief service provider: United Animal Nations. T.Boone Pickens, a wealthy texas oilman has already been renting planes to move some of the distressed dogs and cats, and those rescued from the flood waters to other shelters within the U.S. My hometown of San Diego has received some of the casualties from this disaster. Please provide monetary support if your able. These little victims are the ones least able to save themselves. Horrifying pictures of them tied to bridges or covered in oil residue and left by the side of the road by no fault of the owners in most cases have been published and sicken me and other animal lovers. The state and federal officials are willing to rescue humans but not animals evidently since they refused to allow people to bring their pets on buses and into the safe areas. People willing to take in pets can also contact UAN through links provided on their website I believe. Every penny counts towards saving a life. Help them if you can. The link to the Organizations Home Page is here.

Brownie cast aside as leader of FEMA hurricane offensive..

Why am I NOT surprized by this action? The guy has enough bad press with his lying on his resume and all..Now if they could just dump Chertoff I would be very happy..but you cant always get what you want..Michael Brown will be spending alot of time walking his dog I think...and it seems Bush has found his scapegoat..

Fed's guilty of criminal neglect.

When there are people dying in the Superdome 6 days after Katrina hit there is something wrong with our heads of state. When an emergency management employee gets calls daily from his elderly mother trapped in her own home and he tells her daily that yes someone is coming to save her and they dont, and she drowns in her own home Friday nite, four days after the hurricane went through,there is something seriously flawed and fucked up about our heads of state. When our president can entertain the IDEA of going to a baseball game or sit and strum a guitar while people are dying in their own homes in our own country..there are seriously some screwed up and out of touch heads of state. When 200 of the 1500 police officers of New Orleans walk off their job and 2 of them commit suicide because they are over whelmed by the enormous pressure of trying to do their jobs in the face of hopelessness waiting for the federal assistance that took their sweet ass time getting there..we got some seriously apathetic and grossly negligent heads of state.

The horror stories are mind numbing. There are some folks that believe this is blown out of proportion and that the residents of the Mississippi Delta got what they deserved for living in a flood plain or below sea level or not leaving when they were originally told to go prior to Katrina's arrival. These people do not take into consideration various factors. Factors such as 1. The levees have held up for more than a hundred years. Yes, they needed rehabbing, but W rerouted that money to the Iraq debacle. 2. The elderly and poor had very little at their disposal to get them out of harms way. If you do not own a car or you make minimum wage, its hard to get the fuck out of the way of a hurricane. I could go on and on but why??? The people that do not have a vested interest in the Mississippi Delta area and view it as "not their problem" can and will rationalize their view of this atrocity committed by our heads of state.

I call it an atrocity because that is what I see the lack of reaction by the federal government..aka our heads of state, as. Its sickening to me to think about the hundreds of people that died days after the hurricane went through that did not have to perish. The people that died in their own houses waiting for someone to rescue them. The fishermen that tried valiently to save whole neighborhoods with nothing more than a dingy. Do I point a finger? Yes..I do..they mobilized faster for 9-11 and the Tsumani relief effort than they did for Katrina. New Orleans was home for over half a million humans. Whether they were fine upstanding people doesnt matter, they deserved better than they got from our government. In the words of Denise Bottcher, press secretary to Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Lousisana:"We wanted soldiers, helicopters, food and water. They wanted to negotiate an organizational chart." She was speaking of the assclowns at FEMA. These horror stories are just now coming to the surface, the ones where our heads of state play head games and ego trip at the cost of hundreds of lives. The officials from the Mississippi delta states are talking now on national TV and to big news agencies and sista its gonna get real ugly. I think its important to figure out who,why and how people in positions of authority in Washington screwed these people over so that it can never happen again. I want the jackass Mr. Chertoff and the FEMA director, Michael D. Brown to be publicly humiliated and never be allowed to hold any type of public position or office again. I think they should be charged with a crime of negligence, they are directly responsible for the deaths of many of the citizens of the Mississippi delta who died AFTER the hurricane went through the area. There is a good article in, what else, NY Times about what the Governors of three of the states affected have said so far about the bullshit they had to endure to get the feds to move their ass. One example is how FEMA kept water,diesel and food from being delivered from PRIVATE companies or individuals to the affected areas merely because they had not asked for fucking approval from FEMA to enter the oppressed areas. GIVE ME a FUCKING BREAK.... a direct quote from the article: "Far from deferring to state or local officials, FEMA asserted its authority and made things worse, Mr. Broussard complained on "Meet the Press."When Wal-Mart sent three trailer trucks loaded with water, FEMA officials turned them away, he said. Agency workers prevented the Coast Guard from delivering 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, and on Saturday they cut the parish's emergency communications line, leading the sheriff to restore it and post armed guards to protect it from FEMA, Mr. Broussard said". dear god in heaven this just isn't right and those bastards should be made to pay. The link to the NY Times article is here.

Chief Justice Rehnquest dies of cancer.

He worked up until a few days before his death so say his assistants. He refused to step down and let Bush name a successor prior to the new court session. Bush will now have the rare opportunity to replace two justices on the Supreme Court, the last time was 1971. Rehnquist, who championed states' rights and helped speed up executions, was the only member still on the court who voted onRoe v. Wade in 1973(he opposed the pro abortion ruling). He was a true right wing jurist although when he joined the court it was controlled by liberals. His belief in states having more autonomy is about the ONLY thing I agreed with him on. He voted against giving more protection to female victims of violent crime and he supported prayer in public schools.This will be an interesting summer and fall for the legal branch of our government and us as a nation since Bush will now leave a very large footprint on the court that will last for decades. FUCK!