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September 28, 2005
WB: Who Says God Is Dead?
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“whom the gods will destroy, they first afflict with weird lower-jaw spasms.”
Posted by: bianco | Sep 28 2005 19:49 utc | 1
Amen, it does seem something of a miracle. The truelly sad thing is, Delay gets a grand jury and in the long run, maybe some bad PR and a slap on the wrist in club fed, but these kids having a party get this:
http://idisk.mac.com/apexgrin/Public/fascism.mov
Ahhh nothing like viewing your tax dollars hard at work. Maybe they are upset at them for not joining the Hitler Youth. I think this says a lot about law, privelege and priorities in the US.
Posted by: JS | Sep 28 2005 19:58 utc | 3
AMEN!!!!
Let’s hope this is the beginning of the end for these corrupt folks.
Posted by: Dufus Galant | Sep 28 2005 20:36 utc | 5
And I say unto you:
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
Jules Winnfield, reciting Ezekiel 25:17
Let me tell you what now. I’ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin’ niggers, who’ll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin’, hillbilly boy? I ain’t through with you by a damn sight. I’ma get medieval on your ass.
Marcellus Wallace
Posted by: Aigin | Sep 28 2005 20:44 utc | 6
It’s been a bad day for the Banana Republicans. First, House Majority Leader Tom Delay was indicted. Then, the SEC announced it is launching a formal investigation into Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s insider trading scandal.
For today at least, God is in His Heaven and all is right with the world.
For the details, see:
“Delay Indicted. Frist Investigated. God in His Heaven.”
Posted by: AvengingAngel | Sep 28 2005 20:44 utc | 7
DeLay may step aside but anyone thinking the strings of power will be severed is deluded. His replacement will be the proverbial sock puppet, probably needing permission for even a bathroom break.
Posted by: steve duncan | Sep 28 2005 21:08 utc | 8
One turd down, a whole bowl full yet to flush out.
Posted by: hopping madbunny | Sep 28 2005 21:46 utc | 9
Guess they’ll join Kennyboy in retirement in Aspen, or perhaps Marc Rich in Switzerland – if they can find it on the map. French speaking part anyone??
Can’t say I’m encouraged, as they only indicted Cockroach boy on one count. If they had 15, they could cop a deal, but one is nothing. Bastard probably won’t even get booked & printed.
Still hoping Fitzgerald frog marches Everyone out of WH in cuffs & tosses ’em in paddy wagon. They can toss in Falwell, Ralph Reed, and…
Posted by: jj | Sep 28 2005 22:16 utc | 10
Amen!
I’m hearing that the process of ultimately deciding guilt or innocence will take a year. So if not on ice, at least Delay’s hammer is chilled for a while.
Posted by: dus7 | Sep 28 2005 22:19 utc | 11
steve duncan, speaking of DeLay and sock puppets, the internal power plays have already begun. David Dreier, “closet heterosexual” (Americablog), was Hastert’s choice to succeed DeLay, but Dreier has now been pushed aside in favor of Roy Blunt (the logical successor in terms of tradition). Josh Marshall says, essentially, that DeLay wanted Dreier to be his sock puppet. We can only speculate why Blunt has now overtaken Dreier, but the words “Dobson” and “homophobia” may be involved.
And since Billmon asked us for an amen, here’s this little ditty:
Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the squashing of DeLay
He was trampling on the people
now he’s gonna have to pay
In a squalid Texas prison
far beyond the light of day
while Earle is marching on.
(chorus)
Tom DeLay has been indicted,
Tom DeLay has been indicted,
Tom DeLay has been indicted,
and truth is marching on . . .
Posted by: Leslie in CA | Sep 28 2005 22:24 utc | 12
jj, don’t forget that DeLay is also all tangled up in the ongoing Abramoff investigation . . . there’s still hope.
Posted by: Leslie in CA | Sep 28 2005 22:25 utc | 13
leslie, you’ve inspired me.
the noose is getting tighter
round the neck of GOP’s
frist, delay and abramoff
who next ?maybe cheney
karma comes to those who lie
and make a mockery
of all we hold so dear
another round of whiskey
raise your glass let’s make a toast
this is only the beginning
they will fall like dominos
made to grovel for forgiveness
just to save their rotten souls
the truth is marching on
Tom DeLay has been indicted,
Tom DeLay has been indicted,
Tom DeLay has been indicted,
while Earl is marching on.
Posted by: annie | Sep 28 2005 23:27 utc | 14
Didn’t the Senate change its policies to accomodate indicted members the last time Tom “a better America without” DeLay got his wrist in danger of being slapped? I could swear I remember that.
Posted by: Monolycus | Sep 28 2005 23:32 utc | 15
Republicans touched off a political uproar in January by changing a rule that had required the ethics committee to continue considering a complaint against a House member if there was a deadlock between the committee’s five Republicans and five Democrats. The January change reversed this, calling for automatic dismissal of an ethics complaint when a deadlock occurs.
once he became indicted he had to step down as majority leader
Posted by: annie | Sep 29 2005 0:08 utc | 17
and can we get an amen for bob(praise bob}dobbs! all hail the church of the sub-genius! hehheheee!
Posted by: possum | Sep 29 2005 0:12 utc | 19
There does seem to be a lot coming to light about the intersection of the characters involved with Abramoff. Newsweek’s article: A Washington Sand Trap
A golf outing trips up a widening circle of power brokers
Posted by: Uncle $cam | Sep 29 2005 0:42 utc | 20
Can’t say I’m encouraged, as they only indicted Cockroach boy on one count. If they had 15, they could cop a deal, but one is nothing. Bastard probably won’t even get booked & printed.
@JJ:
You been watching too much Law and Order.
If you got one count you can prove, that’s all you need.
The ability of prosecutors to bring 15 counts to get a plea on the one they might be able to prove is the most fascist thing that I have seen occur in America in the last 40 years.
This is not a trend to encourage even when a slug is being prosecuted.
The slug could be you or me after all.
Posted by: Groucho | Sep 29 2005 0:44 utc | 21
Re: Earle’s motives for indicting/grand jury…
Well, I know Ronnie Earle, and if nothing else, the man is a prosecutor. He knows if he indicts Delay, he’ll have a hellacious trial no doubt, and so I’m sure he got every single little duck in a row before he made his move. A grand jury can’t “make” a Texas prosecutor do anything; it’s the other way around–the prosecution owns the grand jury in this (benighted) state.
Posted by: Stfish7 | Sep 29 2005 1:42 utc | 22
Being as happy as anyone that the Bug Man has been indicted, I nonetheless have a sense of foreboding in the form of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In Texas you see, the highest state court for civil cases is the Texas Supreme Court, but for criminal cases it is the Court of Criminal Appeals. My impression is that the criminal court is where Republican judge wannabes are put who are not smart enough to be trusted judging complex and important (i.e. Oil Company) civil litigation.
The main job on the court of criminal appeals is to affirm death sentences, see Joseph Rosenbloom, “The Unique Brutality of Texas”, The American Prospect Online, Jun 18, 2004. Call it coincidence, but the CCA is charged by people who should know with routinely appointing incompetent lawyers to handle capital appeals: http://tinyurl.com/9bo2x
And just take a look at how representative this all-Republican court is of a state that is 47.6 percent minority:
http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/About/justices.asp
I would say that DeLay is liking his chances on appeal, even if he is convicted.
Posted by: 4-fingers | Sep 29 2005 2:49 utc | 26
speaking of abramoff
Fort Lauderdale police said yesterday that they charged three men in the 2001 gangland-style slaying of a Florida businessman who was gunned down in his car months after selling a casino cruise line to a group that included Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
wapo
juicy”Kidan has denied that the SunCruz payments to Moscatiello and Ferrari had anything to do with the slaying”
“Boulis, millionaire founder of the Miami Subs sandwich chain, sold SunCruz to Abramoff and Kidan in September 2000, at a time when Abramoff was one of Washington’s most powerful lobbyists.”
Posted by: annie | Sep 29 2005 2:59 utc | 27
since this seems to be the live thread au moment, I’ll repeat here that war-porn site that hit all our buttons this wkend apparently got a call from Pentagon & has yanked the stuff. Glad they handled it quietly, though others seems to have wanted a more public affair w/press conferences, felony indictments etc.
Posted by: jj | Sep 29 2005 3:18 utc | 28
Maybe he’ll plead out. Is being ugly a misdemeanor? Wearing oil on your face?
Posted by: ken melvin | Sep 29 2005 3:27 utc | 29
The Whore of Babylon on the Potomac Expresses Her Disgust–Sort Of
Posted by: Anselm of Canterbury | Sep 29 2005 4:17 utc | 30
Everyone’s got their nickname for Tom DeLay. Billmon and the Kossacks call him “The Bug Man”. I’ve favored the moniker “The Ticking Termite” … and now his ticking has stopped. Praise Jesus and pass the crystal meth-erm, I mean, the Stolichnaya. You all can have whiskey — I’m partial to vodka.
*raises shotglass*
Here’s to hoping DeLay’s next junket consists of a couple of years worth residency in one of Texas’s finest gated communities — prison.
*ponders*
*sets shotglass down and drinks from bottle instead*
Everyone’s got their nickname for Tom DeLay. Billmon and the Kossacks call him “The Bug Man”.
I’ve also been known to refer to him as “Snapper Tom”
Posted by: Billmon | Sep 29 2005 5:59 utc | 33
RE: Court of Criminal Appeals
They are mostly composed of ex-prosecutors who happen to be Republican (well, that’s the only way you can get elected to statewide office anymore, sadly). They all believe that every accused is guilty, little or no evidence or not; they don’t have a history of partisanship, which is probably the ONLY good thing one could say.
Posted by: Stfish7 | Sep 29 2005 11:50 utc | 34
Thanks, Annie. I never got closure on that item… last I heard it sounded like the Senate had summarily exempted themselves from having to abide by the same laws they inflict on us plebs. Good to find out that wasn’t as done a deal as I was led to believe.
Posted by: Monolycus | Sep 29 2005 17:00 utc | 35
I like to think that Earle slow-played his case. He presented evidence, and took a gamble that the grand jury would hand up the indictment for DeLay. That way, he got a little political cover for all the “partisan prosecutor” crap that is being thrown around.
I have no evidence or inside insight into this. I just like to think this is what happened.
That’s right. I forgot all about “Snapper Tom”. Jesus, he does spark an uncanny resemblence there. Unfortunately, he’ll probably live just as long, too.
thanks for the snapper tom reminder
the lifestyles and habits of the two animals are where the relationship becomes really close. One is an ugly but cunning reptile with a voracious appetite, which lurks in the scum at the bottom of ponds and greedily devours any weak or defenseless creature that comes within reach of its powerful jaws. The other one, of course, is a snapping turtle.
priceless
Posted by: annie | Sep 29 2005 19:26 utc | 38