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"Weirdoes Run Amok" Award Goes to Tom DeLay

2005-04-10T08:09:00.000-07:00

It was a week for freak shows, but Delay's Confronting the Judicial War on Faith Conference wins the "Weirdoes Run Amok' award. The leaders of this conference are the biggest group of screw balls ever to gather in one place. But before we get into that, let's pay homage to the runner-ups in this past week's many freak show festivals.

!st Runner Up is Pass the Pope on a Plank

The Pope's funeral began to take on a carnival atmosphere several days after they continued to show the Pope's corpse adorned with pointy red shoes. But the mourning took a downward turn when it was announced that Cardinal "Molester Protector" Law would officiate.
This prompted victims of Priest molestation to gather in protest.

Other strangeness surrounded this protracted funeral, including Clinton's proclamation that "The Pope sure knows how to draw a crowd!" Sure, Bill was referring to the Pope's ability to draw a crowd when he was alive, but Bill should know better than to bandy these comments around! Booing of Bush added to the carnival quality of the funeral.

Photos of Bush and Laura smooching amongst the mourners were almost too much to bear. I guess Bush was feeling frisky since the Pope's funeral was one of the "highlights of his presidency!" Of course Bush may have been trying to show Chirac that he didn't care if Chirac slobbered on his Condi's, hand. This is the second time Chirac has slobbered on one of Bush's main squeezes. Last year he smooched Laura. It must be some sort of psychop technique Chirac uses. All of this combined plus the millions of attendees and the non-stop media coverage turned a funeral to honor the Pope into a steady stream of freaky faux pas.

2nd Runner Up Award is Tied! Royal Wedding vs. Wal-Mart Wedding

Local Austin news stations aired a wedding in New York that was held in a Wal-Mart. A Texas man met his bride online and flew to New York to marry her. She had not informed him that they were getting married at Wal-Mart. It turns out that she and all of her best friends work at Wal-Mart, but her friends were not allowed the day off to attend her wedding. So instead of being pissed at Wal-Mart, she held her wedding there. She said that Wal-Mart was a great place to get married and after the wedding you can do some fine shopping.

The Royal wedding had stiff competition with the Wal-Mart wedding but Camilla Parker Bowles was not to be outdone by the boxy Wal-Mart bride. Camilla, who is already portrayed as looking like a horse, showed up to her wedding with a hat crafted of straw and feathers. If I were her I would have played down the barnyard theme. Fashionistas were kind, saying the plume of feathers popping from her head "elongated' her neck. In reality, it looked like a chicken was roosting on Camilla's head.

3rd Runner Up is Gannon Gang Bang at National Presstitute Club

The press reached an all time low when they invited ex-gay male prostitute and plagiarism expert, Jeff Gannon, to be on their panel for the National Press Club meeting. Sure, they thought they would kick his ass by bombarding him with questions regarding his ill-gained White House access. Audience members hollered out "Did you sleep with Scott McClellan?" Wayne Madsen questioned him about his illegal former career as a gay male prostitute. All in all, Gannon's invitation only confirmed that the National Press Club is guilty of being media whores.

Grand Prize Winner for the Weirdoes' Run Amok award goes to Tom DeLay and the Confronting the Judicial War on Faith Conference

The speakers at this conference were a who's who list of freaks.

The conference opened with Rabbi Yehunda Levin. Rabbi Levin lends his wisdom to groups with talks like Jew Jitsu, which trains conservatives on how to confront the "hostile liberal media." Another fave of Rabbi Levin's is his speech A Silver Lining in the Priest Molestation Scandal. If he wasn't so busy with the "weirdoes run amok" meeting he could have handed out fliers of this speech to the Molester Protector protesters at the Pass the Pope on a Plank festival.

Dr. Sam Jahani was also on hand for opening remarks. Pretty good gig for a guy that was sued by the Justice Department for defrauding the federal government of millions dollars in false Medicare claims. The lawsuit was first filed by the law firm Phillip and Cohen on behalf of a whistleblower who worked for the Dallas based IHS hospital chain. Jahani was named in the lawsuit for admitting patients who were not sick into the long-term care units of IHS and falsely billing Medicare for their treatments which included trips to malls and restaurants. Mall trips were billed to Medicare as "recreational therapy." The law firm, Phillip and Cohen, has won millions in settlements in whistleblower cases including 723 million from Frist's HCA hospital chain. No wonder Frist and Jahani have formed a Judiciary Jihad!

Don Feder was another speaker at the conference. On his website he brags that his politics make Attila look like a liberal. He claims Terri Schiavo was killed by conservative political eunuchs. Feder spent 19 years as a syndicated columnist for the Boston Herald. The Boston Herald just fired one of their op-ed columnists for taking Republican payola to write positive stories about Governor Romney.

Richard Lessner was a speaker in the seminar called Remedies to Judicial Tyranny. According to Lessner, Frist will be "a dead Presidential wannabe" unless he ensures Bush's judicial nominees are confirmed. This is one more reason to pray that Bushes judicial nominees are tossed out on their heads. As reported by Raw Story, during this seminar Edwin Vieira said the bottom line when confronting these judges was to employ a Stalin technique; No man, no problem.

Manny Miranda served on the conferences Mobilizing the Grassroots committee. Miranda was Frist's former counsel, but he quit after he was implicated in leaking Democrats' memos on judicial nominees. The memos were obtained by someone hacking the Democrats' computers. Kay Daly was also implicated in Hackergate and now she is on the Grassroots committee for wrecking the judicial branch of government. Looks like Kay and Manny are practicing Rovian techniques. Between Frist and Mel Martinez, there are plenty of memo scandals to go around.

DeLay skipped out on the Weirdoes Run Amok award winning meeting to attend the Pass the Pope on a Plank festival. This did not stop him from videotaping a speech for the conference and reaffirming that he just does not know when to shut the F #$% up!

Americablog Reporting on the National Press Club Meeting With Gannon/Guckert on Panel

2005-04-08T13:24:00.000-07:00

Click on title to get to John Aravosis' details of the wild stuff going on at the National Press Club meeting where they allowed Jeff Gannon/Guckert to be on the panel. People were outraged that Gannon was asked to be on the panel. From America Blog's reports, it looks like the used their outrage to nail Gannon. Good stuff.

Delay Missing From Wingnut Meeting, Called to Vatican Instead

2005-04-06T13:03:00.000-07:00

Yeah, right. Delay was scheduled to speak at the Confronting the Judicial War on Faith Conference but he had to cancel because he was called to the Vatican. Ooops, I had big plans for tomorrow too, but now I have been called to Mecca.

Could the real reason Delay is going to Rome be that the "inner circle" is plotting his demise? Delay has become a huge liability for Bush and Friends and they have set the hounds loose on him.

The handwriting was on the wall when Dick Cheney said last week that he thought threatening judges was inappropriate. He said this shortly after Delay went on TV lobbing veiled threats against the judges in the Schiavo case.

Delay should have known that Dick only rears his head when the going gets really tough. When Dick gives someone the big heave-ho, they should know it is time to look for a different line of work, but not Tom. If he loses in his legal battles what job will he get next? A White House pest control contract? So in spite of a clear and present danger, Tom continued to spout off about activist judges, even though Dick had him in a headlock and was prepared to administer noogies until Tom cried "Uncle."

But what is not widely talked about is how this whole ugly right-wing attack against judges began.

Flash back to the Kerry/Bush debates. Bush and Friends have been blathering about activist judges for a long, long time. During the debates Bush said he wanted judges to adhere to the constitution and then he brought up the Dred Scott case.

When Bush said this, it looked as though he was just plain nuts. Who knew about a bill called Constitution Restoration Act 2004 that had been introduced in both houses of Congress in March of 2004? H.R. 3799 and S. 2082 had no mainstream press coverage, but it was a huge deal to its sponsors and supporters. Sponsors of the bill are Zell Miller, Lindsey Graham, Richard Shelby and Sam Brownback.

Supporters of the bill are a cast of characters indeed. Alan Keyes and a whacky pair of guys, Michael Peroutka and Chuck Baldwin, who tried to run for President and Vice President in 2004 under the Constitution Party ticket. The party with the slogan God*Family* Republic. These two guys offer bloggers a lifetime of examination, but let's get back to the H.R. 3799 bill.

The bill looks, at first glance, like a religious bill, simply making it illegal for higher courts to review cases by lower courts on decisions regarding things like allowing the Ten Commandments to be posted at court houses. But other parts of the bill seem far more sinister, like banning judges from basing decisions on "international organizations" and "foreign states."

I'm no lawyer, but it sounds to me like Bush, Cheney, Rummy, et al. are looking for a way to legally ensure they will never be prosecuted for war crimes or war profiteering. This bill could be their meal ticket.

Fast forward to Terri Schiavo. Perhaps Rove and the boys thought she was the horse to ride all the way to H.R. 3799. If they won the Schiavo battle, what Senator in their right mind would raise a stink about the bill to allow the Ten Commandments into the court house? It would seem ridiculous after Bush and Friends won the public's hearts and minds over the Schiavo life or death struggle.

But in spite of all of their carefully laid plans, the Schiavo debacle backfired. After Rove flew Shrub back from his tract house in Texas to sign the Terri law, the public support went south. When all attempts to save Schiavo backfired and polls showed the public was against Congress and the Bush Bros, the inner circle piped down. I can imagine the prayers they said on behalf of the Pope's fading health. These guys needed the public to forget about their failed escapades while they figured out another way to slip in H.R. 3799.

Unfortunately, the ugly beast they created with the rabid right-wingers would not pipe down. Delay went around threatening judges. Next thing you know, Cornyn is threatening judges. Keyes says on his website that the Bush Bros are responsible for Terri's death. It is one giant screw scene for Bush and Friends.

So out comes the inner circle to put the death nail in the biggest wingnut of all, Tom Delay. First Cheney puts him in a headlock, but Delay wriggled free and was on his way to speak at the Confronting the Jucidicial War on Faith Conference.

Then Frist tries to put the screws to him, coming out and saying the judges in the Schiavo case did the right thing. This is the same Frist who diagnosed Schiavo via videotape and led the charge to save her life. You know, the good doctor who still thinks HIV can be transmitted by sweat. The same good doctor who makes profits from abortions performed by his family owned HCA hospital chain. The same good doctor who may run for President in '08. He is distancing himself from Delay the only way he can. He flip-flops and hopes the public doesn't notice.

Then along comes Lindsey Graham, a sponsor on the Constitutional Restoration Act bill. He too is insinuating publicly that Tom Delay is a liability to the Republican party.

So Bush and Friends follow the Godfather and decide to keep their friends close and their enemies closer. Delay is somehow summoned to the Vatican and prevented from speaking at his conference. It's an inside job if I ever saw one. The inner circle will dispense with Tommy Boy as quickly and quietly as possible.

Wingnuts Gather to Stop Activist Judges

2005-04-05T10:05:00.000-07:00

You can join the likes of Tom Delay, Alan Keyes and Jan LaRue at their upcoming wingnut convention called Confronting the Judicial War on Faith Conference.

I am sure Randall Terry and many other boarderline personalities will show up with their hate-spewing minions.

The conference is being put on by a group called Judeo-Christians for Constitutional Restoration. Their interim chair is Reverand Rick Scarborough of Vision America which is somehow connected to Alan Keyes' foundation Renew America
Renew America offers some interesting readings on who killed Terri Schiavo. After raking all of the usual suspects over the coals, including Michael Schiavo, Judge Greer, the Bush Bros and the media, Keyes' group concludes the American people killed Terri Schiavo! Whew! Just when I thought I was going to get off scot free!

Delay has not backed down from his veiled threats against the judges who reviewed the Schiavo case. Even though his hometown support is slipping and Dick "Without A Head" Cheney gave him the elbow, Delay and his cast of crazies are moving forward to rip up the judicial branch of our government.

A friend just sent me an article on a bill called the Constitutional Restoration Act which bars "ANY federal court or judge from ever again reviewing "any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official or personal capacity), concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government."

This bill already has 28 sponsors and I guess if it passes, and a judge views God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government, you could go to jail for coveting thy neighbors wife. Talk about activist judges!

Reader Contribution, IS THIS THE STUPIDEST THING SHRUB HAS EVER SAID?

2005-04-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

IS THIS THE STUPIDEST THING SHRUB HAS EVER SAID?
by Mark G. Levey

In his Social Security road show, President George W. Bush stated that the U.S. Treasury bonds held by the Social Security trust fund are "worthless." The Associated Press carried the following report:
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3166848

WHITE HOUSE Explaining why Social Security is in dire straits, President Bush has warned more than once that there is no Social Security trust fund. Today, he's visiting a federal building in West Virginia to explain what he meant. That building -- the Bureau of the Public Debt in Parkersburg -- contains a file cabinet filled with I-O-Us. It's all that's left after Uncle Sam takes Social Security's payroll tax money and converts it into 15-year bonds.Bush insists the system is pay-as-you-go -- meaning the surpluses of prior years don't really exist, and Social Security can only pay benefits while payroll taxes are rolling in. But starting in 12 years, more will go out than comes in, according to the system's trustees. The president's critics say the bonds are as solid as any other federal paper -- and help mask the multi (b) billion dollar deficits Bush has run up. This raises the question:
What would happen if the holders of U.S. Treasuries took W seriously? We'd be stuck paying out over a trillion USD in foreign IOUs.

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: Over time, the Asian exporting countries have been placing a big percentage of their exchange earnings into US Treasuries. The leader continues to be Japan, with China now the #2 foreign holder of US debt.

Reportedly, China is shifting its portfolio away from US investments, which include billions in real estate trusts and Federally backed loans. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the focus of major accounting scandals, and the former lost five percent of its value Monday.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/04/04/ap1923108.html
Shares of Fannie Mae tumbled Monday to their lowest intraday level in more than 10 years on a report that the mortgage financing company's chief regulator is looking into possible improper accounting of trusts it uses to sell mortgage-backed debt. Shares of Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored entity that buys mortgages from banks and then repackages and sells them as bonds called mortgage-backed securities, fell $2.68, or 5 percent, to $50.56 in midday trading, and was one of the New York Stock Exchange's biggest percentage losers and most active issues. The stock dropped to a new 52-week low of $49.75 earlier in the day, down about 30 percent since early January.

THE SAUDIS HAVE FLED U.S. BONDS
The Saudis and other Gulf oil exporters bailed out of U.S. Treasuries a long time ago, and aren't even on the list anymore.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7294906 /Who holds U.S. Treasury securities as of January, 2005 Amount in billions $ Percentage of foreign-held Treasury debt Japan 701.6 36% Mainland China 194.5 10% United Kingdom 163 8% Caribbean Banking Centers* 92.5 5% Korea 67.7 3% *Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, et al.(Source: US TREASURY DEPT)--------------------------------------------------------------
AND, LOOK WHERE THINGS STOOD TWENTY YEARS AGO:http://www.treas.gov/tic/shl94sum.html Table 5 Foreign Portfolio Investment in Long-Term SecuritiesTop 10 Investing Countries(Amounts in $ Billions)

Japan and the United Kingdom have maintained their positions as the top portfolio investing countries in U.S. securities. However, the rate of growth for Japan has decreased significantly. Between 1984 and 1989, Japanese holdings increased from $28 billion to $180 billion, or over 500%. Between 1989 and 1994 their holdings increased by only 28%.On the other hand, holdings of the Middle East Oil Exporting countries (Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) decreased from $54 billion to $45 billion. In 1984, these countries together held 17% of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities. By 1994, their holdings represented less than 4% of the total held by foreigners. The Unknown line is largely Eurobonds held in bearer form for which no ownership information is available. The level of Eurobond holdings have increased significantly since the 1984 survey as the size and importance of the Eurobond market has increased.
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That giant popping sound you just heard was the real estate bubble.
The days of cheap and easy home equity credit just ended. Add this to skyrocketing energy costs, and we have a prescription for one hell of a long, hot summer. This would be the time that BushCo introduces its favorite randomizer -- war -- in hopes of distracting us and reshuffling the political deck. I'd bet anything on it.

Bush's "I Hope He Shuts Up Medal"

2005-04-04T12:59:00.000-07:00

It is no secret that the Pope was against the war in Iraq, calling it a "defeat for humanity." In response, Bush awarded the Pope the "I Hope He Shuts Up Medal" formerly known as the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Bush also hanged this medal around the neck of Paul Bremmer, who somehow managed to lose about 8 billion US tax dollars somewhere in Iraq and then came home bellyaching about Bush's failure to provide enough troops to secure the country. He piped down pretty quick once he was given the "I Hope He Shuts Up Medal."

The same medal was given to General Tommy Franks, who returned from Iraq with a book deal. Franks tiptoed around some of the failures in Iraq in his book, American Soldier, but quickly toed the party line and became a big supporter of the Bush/Cheney '04 ticket, even after supposedly telling Senator Bob Graham that diverting attention from Afghanistan in Iraq had reduced the war on terror to nothing more than a manhunt.

Of course, George Tenet received the "I Hope He Shuts Up Medal" too, after taking all of the blame for the failed intelligence on WMDs and covering for Bush on his lack of response to the threats that proceeded 9/11.

Now that the Pope is out of the picture and Bush can laud praises all he wants, but everyone knows they disagreed on Iraq. Anyone watching TV saw how uncomfortable Bush was in the Pope's presence. It is hard to be around a holy man when you are defying his wishes for humanity.

The former US Envoy to the Vatican, Jim Nicholson, now claims that Bush and the Pope had forged a close bond over the "culture of life" issue. Actually, I call BS on this. The "culture of life" is a catch-all phrase the Bush administration has created to make anyone who opposes anything they do a supporter of the "culture of death." Bush and his minions blathered on and on about erring on the side of life, using Terri Schiavo as their mascot. Yet the Pope decided to disconnect his tubes, leave the hospital and return to the Vatican to die peacefully. So only a moron would think that the Pope valued a life connected to tubes more than a dignified death. It is time for Bush and Friends to leave the Pope out of it.

Do You Ever Wonder Why Bush is Pro Tort Reform?

2005-04-01T13:47:00.000-08:00

Bushes stance on tort reform may go deeper than many think. Beyond protecting doctors and insurance companies, Bush's tort reform will protect drug manufacturers. They will need this protection as millions of kids are put on dope by Bush and Company.

Bush has been planning to dope your kids since he was Governor of Texas. The plan, called the Texas Medication Algorithm Project has already been tested in prisons in Texas and Pennsylvania. This project is designed to screen school kids for mental health and then medicate kids with antidepressents. Once this project is unveiled nationwide, Bush needs to protect the doctors, the insurance companies and big pharmaceutical firms from high damages they may pay when little Johnny is put on Zoloft and then goes on a shooting rampage at school.

Hah, and the public thought Bush stayed quiet about the Red Lake Reservation shootings because Bush didn't want to offend the NRA. He is probably more concerned because the shooter, Jeff Weise, was on Prozac in spite of serious doubts about the safety of Prozac for children. Too much attention on Jeff Weise would have gotten in the way of Bush's plans to dope your kids for fun and profit.

Raw Story Exclusive, Sen. Lautenberg Rebukes Delay

2005-04-01T13:29:00.000-08:00

Kudos to Raw Story and Senator Lautenberg! Click on title to go to the Raw Story article and Lautenberg's letter to Delay. Not only did Lautenberg think that Delays "these men will have to answer for their behaviour" statement was unseemly for a political leader, but may have violated the law. Lautenberg's letter brings up recent acts of violence against judges and warns that Delay may be inciting violence.

President Bush's Terri Alert, I Mean Terror Alert...Bush Uses Schiavo's Death to Bring Up 9/11

2005-03-31T11:08:00.000-08:00

Within a scant one hundred words of his condolence speech to the Schiavo family, President Bush used Terri's death as a segue to 9/11.

Here is the President's quote.

"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak. In cases where there are serious doubts and questions, the presumption should be in favor of life. The most solemn duty of the American President is to protect the American people. Since September 11, 2001..........

The President went on to pepper his speech with these choice words:

threat(s) ( used 6 times)
attacks
different kind of enemy
weapons of mass destruction
Libya's nuclear and missile programs
dangerous nuclear proliferation network
terror
terrorists
lives of our citizens at stake
emerging threats
war on terror
protect America
weapons of mass murder
dangerous regimes
tens of thousands of innocent lives
dangerous new century
hard work/difficult work (used 6 times)

Damn it all, I was hoping "hard work" would trump "threats" but they came in dead-even.

Weird Protest Signs at Schiavo's Hospice

2005-03-29T07:18:00.000-08:00

A woman protesting outside Schiavo's hospice held a homemade sign that said this:

Oprah
Della Reece (spelling error)
Barbara Bush
Do an Esther.

Can anyone explain the meaning of this sign? Is she asking Oprah and Babs to do synchronized swimming while Della Reese belts out, "Don't You Know"?

What is "doing an Esther"? Answers, please!

Only in Florida Could a Man Sued for Child Abuse be Appointed by Bush as Ambassador to Italy!

2005-03-29T03:48:00.000-08:00

Mel Sembler, Ambassador to Italy, is still being stalked by a man claiming to have been abused at Sembler's drug rehab facility, Straight, over twenty years ago.

Sembler and his wife Betty founded Straight, a "tough love" program to get kids off of drugs. Jeb Bush thought Sembler's program was so cool he named a day as "Betty Sembler Day." Bush Sr. awarded Sembler the Thousand Points of Light award, whatever the heck that is.

In reality, Semblers tough love program turned out to be tough stuff for Sembler and the unfortunate kids who were placed into a Straight program. Dozens of lawsuits have been filed by Straight victims who claimed they were beaten, held hostage, forced to sit in their menstrual blood, had objects shoved up their rectums, and endured this treatment until they pronounced they were "straight and feeling great." Millions of dollars have been paid to victims of this sadistic treament.

Richard Bradbury, a former Straight inductee who claims Sembler's program ruined his life, is still obsessed with Sembler, and stalks him by rifling through his trash.
Bradbury recovered a penis pump from Sembler's trash and held it for ransom, demanding $700,000 for the pump. When Sembler refused to pay up, Bradbury placed the penis pump on eBay for $30,000.

Sembler's past became news again when Italian reporter, Guiliana Sgrena, was ambushed by US military forces, leaving her wounded and a man protecting her dead. Our Ambassador to Italy turns out to be a Florida man who operated boot camps for kids like GITMO. I guess this makes the Italians not quite sure about Bush's "compassionate" America, when Bush rewards accused torturers with plumb positions like Ambassador to Italy.

Strange how major events surrounding the President always tie back to Florida. 9/11 hijackers attended a flight school in Florida, Terri Schiavo's debacle is taking place in Florida, election rigging was pulled off in Florida. What next?

“Freedom is a dangerous thing, and you might be exposed to things you don’t want to hear,”

2005-03-29T03:11:00.000-08:00

Here comes more scary legislation from that wacky state of Florida. Representative Dennis Baxley has introduced the Academic Freedom Bill of Rights. The bill gives students the right to sue professors who are "leftist totalitarians" and "dictators" in the classroom. If a professor refuses to "respect a student's beliefs," he or she may be sued by the student.

Don't be "dissin" me prof, or my daddy will sue your ass! I signed up for this course in evolution to take over your classroom and spout off 'bout the Bible. If you don't like it, too bad! Stop trying to indoctrinate my ass on Darwin. I'm taking over this course, you dictator!!!! Show me some respect!!!

Delay's Hypocrisy is Not Freaky! Freaky is What Tom Delay's Daddy Did to Himself and His Family

2005-03-27T09:59:00.000-08:00

Blogs and online news sites are pouncing on the story about Tom Delay's family pulling the plug on Tom's dad. The fact that the Delay family faced this life or death decision and chose death should come as no surprise. By now we all know that Delay is one of the biggest liars, hypocrits and thieves to walk the planet.

What does surprise me about this story is the careful handling of what led the Delay family to the tragic decision to pull the plug on Charles Delay. The LA Times refers to the accident that left Tom's dad a vegetable as a "freak accident."

I may be mincing words here, but it was not a freak accident.
A freak accident is one where a person is minding their own business and suddenly a tree falls on their head or a meteor crashes to earth and smashes them. You know, something totally unexpected, unavoidable and bizarre.

Tom's dad, Charles, was left in a vegetative state while attempting to do something really stupid. You see, Charles and his brother Jerry decided they would build a trolley in their garage to hurl them and their families two hundred feet down a steep slope to a lake. They piled into their homemade trolley with their wives to embark on the trolley's maiden voyage.

Seconds into the ride the trolley jumped its tracks, slamming Charles Delay headfirst into a tree. This was no freak accident; this was an accident waiting to happen. Today, something this idiotic would be on the television show, Jackass, with tons of disclaimers to viewers urging them not to try this at home.

The ensuing lawsuit the Delay family filed, trying to blame others for Charles' idiotic idea to build a theme park style ride in his backyard, speaks more about Delay's hypocrisy than the family's decision to pull the plug.

Delay, champion of Bush's "personal responsibility" crusade, does not have a word to say about the three-year lawsuit his family pursued, hoping to place the trolley crash blame on manufacturer of one of the parts Daddy Delay used to build his weird contraption.

Nor does Delay speak a word about his family's case when he and Bush pushed tort reform through here in Texas. The Delay family sued for all sorts of punitive damages, emotional distress, deprivation of companionship, etc. The very damages that Delay and Bush Gang have limited in future lawsuits here in Texas.

Texas tort reform limits legitimate non-economic awards to families who are tragically destroyed through the direct fault of corporate or medical screw ups. Did visions of Charles Delay dance through Tom's head when he decided that plaintiffs must be stupid and therefore undeserving of punitive awards? Come on Tom, spill the beans.

Ooops, sorry Tom. I just learned from Buzzflash that the reason you do not talk about the past is that you divorced yourself from your mother and your siblings years ago. The family values guy won't even talk to his own family. I guess he keeps them as deep in the closet as he can.

Jeb's Kidnapping Attempts Foiled

2005-03-26T08:39:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, a red-faced and visibly agitated Jeb Bush went on TV to "correct" the media's misstatements about possible Jeb intervention in the Schiavo case. Jeb said he had no intention of overstepping his authority.

For a moment it appeared to be a move by Jeb to separate himself from the "Rovian" plot to mount Jeb on a white horse and storm the hospice .

In reality, before Jeb appeared on TV, his white horse agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) had phoned Pinellas police and informed them they were on their way to take Terri. This department answers to Jeb, and they arrived at the hospice, only to face a showdown with the local police.

Local police refused to hand over Terri to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. This prompted Jeb to go on TV to head rumors off at the pass. Jeb claimed to respect the constitution and his limits of authority.

If not for the Pinellas police intervention, Jeb's TV appearance would have been entirely different. He would have been wearing a knight's suit of armor as Bill Frist reinserted Terri's feeding tube based on instructions read to him by Tom Delay. Karen Hughes would have been on hand to ensure Muslims that we are a compassionate nation. "Brand America" would have been off to a great start, if not for those pesky judges and that quaint old constitution.

Instead, Jeb has agreed to rename the Flordia Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). The department will now be called the Florida Law Enforcement Department (FLED). FLED was chosen to honor the officers for splitting the showdown scene quickly enough to avoid the television cameras, sparing Jeb the grandest embarrassment of all times.

Rumsfeld Remains in Persistent Befuddled State

2005-03-26T07:49:00.000-08:00

Rumsfeld remains in a persistent befuddled state. When he learned that Hugo Chavez was purchasing 100,000 AK-47s from Russia, his only visible response was head scratching. Then, when he was able to muster up a few unintelligible thoughts, he verbalized them with this statement:

"I can't imagine what's going to happen to 100,000 AK-47s." Lamenting the plight of the AK-47s was confusing at best. Is Rumsfeld worried the guns will be mistreated? Tortured? Disappeared? Suicided? Rendered?

Oh, I get it. He says he is worried the guns will fall into the wrong hands! You mean like the 47 guns here in the US that were legally sold to suspected terrorists! Yes folks, you can be on the FBI terrorist watch list and still legally buy guns in the US as long as you have not been charged with a felony or are not deemed "mentally defective." So terrorists of sound mind and misdemeanors can frolic around with assault rifles all day long!

Meanwhile, Bush promised to "sell" Pakistan a dozen F-16 fighter jets as a show of appreciation for their support in the war on terror. Can't wait to hear Rumsfeld's befuddled comments on this one.

A Reader's Contribution, Remember What Happens inTexas is Part of the Bush Band's World Tour of Death and Destruction

2005-03-24T17:05:00.000-08:00

Read comment # 8 under the Schiavo story. You will learn what has been going on here in Texas that is part of Tom "The Cockroach" Delay's and "Florence Nightmare" Bush's plan for the new order.

The Schiavo case has united America. Recent polls say 82% want Congress to butt out of this case. Finally, the old Republican party of "less government" is speaking out in polls. The right-wingnuts are now saying, "Well, out of all of this, Americans have learned the importance of a living will." How lame. I thought the Bush Gang hated lawyers. If this is the best gain they get, they are in deep caca.

MSNBC talked today about the parallels of Schiavo and Jesus dying on the cross. A talking head said, "Wouldn't it be ironic if Terri died on Good Friday?"

Actually, no. This would not be ironic. If Terri Schiavo dies on Good Friday I would seriously question the whereabouts of Karl Rove. Boy Genuis is not used to losing, and this Rovian plot has seemed to backfire.

Rebulican Died in Movie Star's Home From Hillbilly Heroin and Flake Overdose

2005-03-24T09:54:00.000-08:00

The dead man, R. Gregory Stevens was a Republican operative, working for a big-time Republican PR firm at the time of his drug overdose in Carrie Fisher's home. He was staying with Carrie to party and attend the Academy Awards ceremony. His firm is a cast of super-duper Republican heavy hitters, yet this story is buried.

R. Gregory Stevens worked for the PR firm, Barbour, Griffith & Rogers. This firm is a who's-who list of big-time Republican operatives, many who served for Bush before joining the firm. These are big, big fish, the kind that make Bobby Eberle and Talon News look like small freaking potatoes.

Check out their website and you will see that partners in the firm are former Ambassadors under Bush, policy advisors for foreign affairs for Bush, Deputy Assistants to Bush, Deputy Assistants to HUD and the list goes on and on. These guys are so connected to Bush that one of them flew on Air Force One with Bush during campaign '04. He also served as Bush's Presidential Envoy to Iraq. Haley Barbour was a former RNC chair, just like Poppy Bush, and was elected as Governor of Mississippi in '04.

How many heavy-duty Clinton operatives could go to Carrie Fisher's home, attend a star-studded party and then die of an overdose in her home without a peep from the media? David Corn and the Washington Times reported the overdose yesterday.
Other than that, not a word.

According to Fisher, Stevens was "in good shape" the night of his death. I bet! Enough flake and Oxycontin would make anyone look to be "in good shape." Especially if those claiming his "good shape" were snorting and poppin' right along with him.

Apparently, the evening before his death, Stevens and Fisher attended a party for the stars with Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Pierce Brosnen and others.

Following the party Stevens and Fisher went home and watched Mrs. Miniver. It would take a lot of coke and 'contin to get through that movie. Maybe Stevens died of a propaganda overdose and that is why the media is ignoring his death.

2005-03-23T13:18:00.000-08:00

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Terri and Michael Schiavo Dead in Texas

2005-03-23T07:13:00.000-08:00

Below is a fictional account of what may have happened to Terri and Michael Schiavo had they resided in Texas during Governor "Florence Nightmare" Bush's reign of death. This fictional account is based on the real laws of Texas, that were enacted by "Florence Nightmare" and his hand-picked fellow cheerleader, Lt. Governor, Rick "Gay" Perry. Perry automatically became Governor for his first term when Bush was installed as President in 2000.
(Highlighted events have been previously reported as fact. I do not make claims to the truth of the highlighted statements, but I have sourced them. Underlined statements are direct links to supporting articles.)

Terri and Michael Shiavo Dead in Texas

Terri Schiavo collapsed into in Texas and has been in a persistive vegetative state for ten days.

Her husband, Michael Schiavo attempted to file a medical malpractice lawsuit. Michael claimed Terry collapsed because her doctor failed to diagnose her bulimia.

Terry Schiavo weighed 200 pounds in high school. She lost sixty five pounds before meeting Michael, and struggled constantly to keep her weight off.

According to friends, they suspected bulimia, as Terri would eat dinner and then retreat to the bathroom. Other claims were that Terri was persisting on liquids, drinking ten to fifteen glasses of iced tea a day for her nutrition in an attempt to lose weight.

Terri went to the doctor because she had stopped menstruating, but the doctor failed to take a complete medical history, and later Terri collapsed due to low potassium and a heart attack.

Texas tort reform laws, supported by Bush and enacted by Perry, made it impossible for Michael Schiavo to file a medical malpractice lawsuit. The maximum he could recover in non-economic damages would be $250,000 due to the new law in Texas. Attorneys told Michael it would cost that much just to file the case and prepare discovery.

Ten days later, Michael Schiavo was broke and the hospital decided to remove Terri's feeding tube. They cited the 1999 Bush law that gave institutions in Texas the rights to discontinue life sustaining treatment, even over a spouse or parent's wishes to keep their loved one alive. The hospital legally removed the feeding tube and Terri died.

Prior to her death, Terri's family members called in forensic pathologist expert, Michael Baden, to determine the true cause of Terri's collapse. Baden ordered bone scans and asserted that Terry was a victim of abuse and neglect, citing unhealed broken bones and head trauma.

Michael Schiavo was arrested and charged with attempting to kill his wife for insurance money. Because Terri died after her feeding tube was removed, Michael was charged with capital murder, convicted by a jury of his peers and sentenced to death.

Later, while Michael remained on death row, DNA tests were requested to determine if another person may have been in the home the night that Terri collapsed. Michael Schiavo consistently maintained his innocence. He could not afford experts like Baden, and Baden's testimony swayed the jury.

During his stay on death row, Michael turned to God and prayed for divine intervention. He had given up on hope and charity and relied on his faith. Despite his prayers, things looked bad for Michael.

Appeals were filed, but Bush's counsel, Alberto Gonzales, advised Bush to go ahead with the execution. Alberto Gonzales frequently advised Bush to proceed with executions, even when evidence of innocence was presented.

Michael Schiavo was executed in Texas, the 153rd person executed under Governor Bush's watch. Bush poked fun of Michaels pleas for life and mimicked him in a subsequent interview. He then flashed his "one-finger" victory salute to the cheering crowd.

Under normal circumstances, the Fourth Estate would be reporting ad nauseam, Bush's reign of death and the utter hypocrisy involved in the Shiavo case. Under current circumstances, these facts are ignored while the media focuses on the book The Purpose Driven Life.

Coalition Prepared to Unseat Bush

2005-03-19T21:13:00.000-08:00

This is breaking news, and I found it by blogging. I discovered an "under the gaydar" organization that is positioned to unseat the Republicans, and I have obtained an exclusive, one-time only interview with the founder, SpongeBob.

Bush and SpongeBob to Square Off

An exclusive interview with SpongeBob

Karenas: SpongeBob, please state the name and the agenda of your "under the gaydar" organization.

SpongeBob: We are a subversive group called Coalition of Cartoons and our agenda is to unseat Bush.

Karenas: So far, nothing Bush does hurts him. How can a bunch of cartoon characters succeed where the Democrats have failed?

SpongeBob: Karenas, the naivete' of your question speaks volumes about you, your liberal elite media and the dumbass Democrats. I know that due to my nature, my build if you will, that I am quicker to absorb information than the average human, but the level of idiocy amongst you...I do not get it. You lefties have lost focus, that is why I am stepping in, mopping up if you will.

Karenas: SpongeBob, how can you possibly unseat Bush when he has Karl Rove?

SpongeBob: Hey, I have my own Boy Genius, Jimmy Neutron, and I must say he has a much prettier face than Bush's Boy Genius. The problem with you dumbass Democrats is that you are competing with the most transparent government in our history, and you keep looking in the wrong direction.

Karenas: SpongeBob, this is the most secretive government in history! How can you call the Bush Cabal transparent?

SpongeBob: Look, Bush's Boy genius, Rove announced years ago that the 2004 campaign would be based on a wedge issue. He named this wedge issue the gay marriage issue. It doesn't get any more transparent than that! An announcement for Christ's sake! Yet you Democrats, who I call the Special Olympics Party, (SOP) looked the other way.

Meanwhile, eleven states slipped the gay marriage wedge onto the Presidential election ballot which caused thousands of rednecks to turn out and vote. Rove was behind this and I do not know how it sneaked up and bit you in the butt.

How in the world did you not see this coming? You SOPs have screwed up too many times and that is why I formed my Coalition of Cartoons to unseat the Repugnants myself.

Karenas: How can you say we looked the other way when all signs were there that this wedge issue was history? It looked to be stalled indefinitely. It was already voted down on the floor.

SpongeBob: When Rove declares a wedge issue, you bet your bottom dollar he has a plan and will follow it through. You liberal elites should have learned years ago a wedgie never truly goes away.

Why do you think I wear square pants?

It does not matter if your undies are silk, no amount of digging will pull out that wedgie once and for all.

As a matter of fact, you liberal dummies tried to get rid of wedgies by wearing thongs. That is how dumb you elites are. You go out and buy undies that are a permanent wedgie thinking you won't have to worry about them anymore. This defies logic. How can you win if you continue to stay on the wrong side of history.

Karenas: How can you expect the Coalition of the Cartoons to gain momentum if you are so hostile to both sides?

SpongeBob: Playing nice is not an option. You see, while Rove pranced around with his openly gay agenda, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and I have been subversive. Rove may have transfixed millions of voters on his gay agenda, we were able to actually turn millions more people queer through our coded-brainwashing techniques.

We are creating a huge coalition of new queers at a rate that Rove could only dream of. You don't believe me, ask James Dobson. Ask Fallwell. We have those guys under constant pressure.

Karenas: You have still failed to come clean. Just what are your plans, you and this Jimmy guy?

SpongeBob: Without tipping my hand, I can tell you this much. We are going to exploit the transparency of the government.

Karenas: Can you give our readers a hint?

SpongeBob: Well, I will start with a few plans we have in the works. First of all, whenever Bush has to pull out the big guns, we know he is ripe for the pickin'.

When he dragged up Karen "Bigfoot" Hughes from the swamp, we knew he was in trouble. And we have secret plans to react quickly.

The problem with you elites is your lack of history. You spend your time watching wine-sipping films like Sideways. We study the classics, and have spent a great deal of time viewing The Legend of Boggy Creek. We know how to deal with swamp monsters like Bigfoot Hughes. All you know is Pinot is in and Merlot is out.

Karenas: So that is your plan, to undermine Karen Hughes?

SpongeBob: That is just the beginning. Bush is dragging out all the evil big-ass bitches. You know he is melting down when he drags out Big Momma to endorse his plans to cover up his raiding of social security.

Karenas: First of all, if you attack the President's mother, you will make your coalition look very bad. You cannot win by attacking Babs. She is his mother!

SpongeBob: And a bad mother at that! But we are onto her, and we will ensure the public doesn't fall for her gray hair and smarmy smile. Be prepared for an "October surprise." When you see Babs wearing stripes with plaids, you will know what I am talking about.

Remember we are creating a coalition of queers, and any gay man would tell Babs she is too big to wear polka dots. Wait until they see her in horizontal stripes! Revolution is close by, you watch.

Karenas: This is really going nowhere. You are going to undermine Bush's mother and Karen Hughes. So what? Your plans are as mean and as superficial as Rush Limbaugh calling Chelsea Clinton ugly.

SpongeBob: Yeah, well we are not afraid to use techniques that have proven to work. And we are not stopping with Bigfoot and Big Momma. We have the goods on Condi, and she is the big-fish bad-ass bitch we plan to bring down.

Karenas: What goods do you have on Condi? Lies about WMDs, 9/11, that kind of thing?

SpongeBob: There you go again, dealing with the transparent issues the voters have proven do not matter. We plan to dig deeper, covering things the voters are not aware of. Have you seen the picture of Condi hugging Koni, the Sumo wrestler?

http://japundit.com/archives/2005/03/18/the-hug-of-the-heavyweights/

As you can see in this photo, her suit jacket has lifted up over her behind, and it appears she may have a big butt. We cannot tell if she is wearing a poorly tailored suit, or if in fact, she has a big butt. But we have sent the photos off to NASA.

Karenas: So if NASA proves that Condi has a big butt, how will this hurt her, politically?

SpongeBob: You have to go back to transparency. We know every move this administration will make, before they do. If Condi is outted as a fat ass, she will blame it on a poorly tailored suit that crumpled, giving her the appearance of a big butt. This is how Bush got away with wearing the hearing device during the debates, he blamed the tailor. She will use the same tactic.

Karenas: And your point is?

SpongeBob: Look, these guys can run around blaming the CIA for 9/11 and faulty WMD intelligence all they want. But you start the blame game with a crusty old French tailor at your mortal peril. He will be the guy that designs Big Mommas stripes-with-plaids suits, this will be a huge windfall for us.

Karenas: So far, all you have done is insult the appearance of leading Republicans. But you have failed to address issues. What issues do you and your coalition align yourselves with?

SpongeBob: I cannot say much due to our subversive nature. But we create issues and through brain-washing techniques and secret code, are able to manipulate the government.

Who do you think was behind the steroids in baseball issue? This was Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius' idea. We planned to create a crisis which would lead to a steroid crack down. If we can get rid of steroids we create more ugly people. Then, we pack the Republican party with the world's ugliest people, and pretty soon they will lose support.

Why do you think that no one cared if Jeff Gannon was a gay male prostitute? Because he is buff, that's why.

You think it is because the gay issue was a political hot potato. Wrong again. If Gannon posted flabby naked pictures on his gay escort sites the entire world would have gone after him. Good looking, buff people get away with stuff all the time. Look at OJ. Look at Robert Blake, in the old days, at least. Look at Arnie for Christ's sake.

Bush looks damned good swinging that cedar machete thing in his Calvin Klein tee. These are issues we can control very well. But the plans are mainly secret.

Karenas: I really thought your plans would have more substance. You started out talking about exposing transparency in the government and using that as a weapon. Now all you want to do is make the Republicans look ugly?

SpongeBob: Precisely my dear. We do not need to point out that Bush is a moron, he does this himself with impugnity. We do need to point out that he surrounds himself with ugly people. Group photos are in the works. This will be his downfall. Mark my words.

Do You Smell a One Party System?

2005-03-10T13:54:00.000-08:00

I have a bad feeling about how our tax dollars are being spent by faith based initiatives.

When you read that Sun Myung Moon's operatives got a couple of million bucks to promote healthy marriage, it kinda makes you wonder.

But, if you want to cash in you can take Moon's 16 hour crash-course and be certified as a Marriage Counselor.

Rev. Lusk's People for People organization got a cool million after Lusk televised his endorsement for Bush. Does this sound fishy?

But there are much worse problems than money-grubbers clawing for a piece of your 2 billion.

Bush slashed social programs that he claimed did not prove to be effective. And the more he guts and diverts the dough to so-called faith based initiatives, the more our nation's most vulnerable have to rely on churches to provide their safety nets.

On the face of it this may not seem so bad to many. But the long-term consequences are grave.

As your tax dollars flow in the millions to Rev. Sun Myung Moon and so-called marriage counselors, government run programs will continue to be slashed. Government will save a lot of operating expenses when they discontinue running safety net programs.

However, this does not mean tax savings to you. It just means that the government has more of your money to spend on war, public relations firms, and special interests that put more dollars in their cronies' pockets.

Meanwhile, those in need will rely on the church and in turn the church will ask them to vote for the candidates that dole out the grants to them.

This is the most clever way in history to actually buy votes legally.

Do you smell a one-party system?