It's looking like the Jefferson affair wasn't actually unconstitutional. The Post has a good article about the legal ramifications.
Ask and ye shall receive.
In other Isn't-It-Nice-To-See-Congress-Embroiled-In-Various-Financial-Scandals, the Speaker of the House is being accused by ABC of being investigated in connection with the Abramoff scandal. Making this more fuzzy and weird is that the Justice Department, normally a pretty tight-lipped operation, is actually coming out and saying that they are indeed not investigating Hastert. It was leaked hours after Hastert came out against the raid on Jefferson. Retaliation mayhaps?
And finally, John McCain returned $20,000 in political contributions from a family under investigation for unlawful use of offshore tax shelters.
Campaign finance reform and ethics abuses? Anyone want to jump on those for 2006?
Oh wait, everyone would be a hypocrite!
Darth Cheney possibly testifying in the Libby trial isn't going to go anywhere. He will not be indicted nor will Rove. Libby will take the fall like a good little chief of staff. It's what they do.
G.W.B. appointed a new top domestic policy advisor (he's replacing a dude who stepped down after being charged with stealing more than $5000 in a phony refund scheme) Zinsmeister spent the last 12 years as editor in chief of American Enterprise magazine where he routinely praised Wal-mart and enjoyed waxing poetic about the importance of religion in bonding communities. He sounds swell, doesn't he? Actually, my favorite quote is one about Iraq:
"What the establishment media covering Iraq have utterly failed to make clear today is this central reality: With the exception of periodic flare-ups in isolated corners, our struggle in Iraq as warfare is over," Zinsmeister wrote in his column last June. "Egregious acts of terror will continue -- in Iraq as in many other parts of the world. But there is now no chance whatever of the U.S. losing this critical guerrilla war."
He's going to fit right into the administration with that ability to completely ignore reality.
In the one bit of news that actually makes me have hope, Lay and Skilling were found guilty and face 20-30 years in prison. I never thought they'd be convicted. The appeals will be plentiful, but it's a start. If you haven't seen Enron--The Smartest Guys in the Room, I strongly recommend it.
This is it for a few days. I'm off to the lovely vacation destination known as Mesick until sometime Monday. Forget about the lack of showering and the lack of fresh produce. How am I going to live without News Hour, NPR, the LA Times, The Washington Post, and the NY Times?!?!?
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don't forget your HOLLAND SENTINEL, erin. won't you miss that too? can you feel my blistering smirk??
how will we both survive? oh well, i guess we'll just have to scour pots and gossip and make those menfolks dinner and whatnot. can't wait to see you!
The birthday party was fantastic. As was the birthday girl that night. She was also fantastic the next morning. How are you?
Not to burst a bubbly, but lately I've been digging a hole. I mean it. Smoking hot babe's been giving me the vaguery for the past couple days, but when I come down this weekend to love you both we'll discuss the beggar's bliss.
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