Archive for October, 2005
Libby Indicted
Five counts:
2 counts of perjury.
2 counts of false statements.
1 count of obsturction of justice.
Rove is still under investigation.
Not everything i wanted, but still a good day.
Bye Bye Staffords…
I don’t know how many of you know this, but this is what happened in the House of Representatives yesterday:
“House Republicans voted to cut student loan subsidies, child support enforcement and aid to firms hurt by unfair trade practices as various committees scrambled to piece together $50 billion in budget cuts.
More politically difficult votes � [...]
Presidential Seal
Ray at Philly Bits has a good piece about taking back the presidential Seal, given that the White House threatened to sue to Onion for using it.
If you blog, add the seal to your website. Fuck Bush.
A Better Idea for David Broder
Today in the Washington Post, David Broder opines, “It is not hard these days to find intelligent critiques of the budget policy and fiscal record of the Bush administration. Conservative and liberal think tanks alike grind out fresh analyses of the risks in the chronic refusal of the Republicans who govern the country to pay [...]
Read More..>>I am watching Plame
I am watching Plame, for any friends who are wondering. I’m not in a position to know what’s going on, so in lieu of sophistry, I am keeping my mouth shut in temrs of opinion.
That said, i hope Fits nails some folks to the wall, including Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Rice, Card, and a [...]
The Never Ending Bible Movie
Channel 48 out of Burlington New Jersey used to be really cool. An independent, low budget UHF station, they would broadcast everything from informercials to reruns of the A-TEAM to Inspector Gadget. I remember how the station carried me through the flu: in the afternoons when other channels veered toward ultra-insipid cartoons (FOX, [...]
Read More..>>Tom DeLay Arrested
the Smoking Gun has Tom DeLay’s mugshot.
I’ve copied it here because… well, because it makes me so gosh-darned happy.
I’ll be breaking out a little bubbly tonight.
Read More..>>Happy Belated Birthday to Me
I will be playing at Fergie’s, 1200 block of Sansom, on Saturday October 22. It is the “Son Volt After Party.” As if.
It’s also the day after my 35th birthday, which I’ll be spending in NYC. NYC isn’t bad, but I’d really rather hang out with my friends and family here in Philly.
Please come [...]
Richard Cohen is a Moron
Richard Cohen takes his daily laxative, and lays the following steaming pile of commentary in the fetid commode he calls his column: “If the best we can say for it is that the end justifies the means, then we have not only lost the argument — but a bit of our soul as well.” [...]
Read More..>>The saga(city) continues (or, Thanks for the Traffic).
-Sigh-
Some people are SO stupid, you really start to believe in eugenics and forced sterilization.
This past July, the owner of a local right-wing website dropped by the left-wing All SpinZone to start a fight with the owners and participants. She got what she wanted and was promptly hounded from the comments area, after [...]
