More On Jellyfish Jane
I was rather tired last night when I wrote about Jane Harman and how the NSA wiretap against her was used. Here’s a point I should have made as part of that post — probably as my conclusion. It’s not… Continue Reading
Scandal
Jellyfish Jane
Jane Harman is a Democrat who represents in Congress the South Bay region of Los Angeles — a strip of land running from Marina del Rey down the coastline to San Pedro, including my old stomping grounds in Manhattan Beach.… Continue Reading
Attainder!
First, some Constitutional vocabulary. A “bill of attainder” is a law that punishes specific individuals without benefit of trial. A “taking” is when the government takes something from you without “due process of law,” which usually means either giving you… Continue Reading
You’re Doing A Great Job, Timmy
Or so says President Obama. I seem to recall President Bush saying similar things about his FEMA director immediately after Katrina, his Secretary of Defense and other Iraq policy architects, and his Attorneys General. But the thing is, the shitstorm… Continue Reading
Bonus Coverage
Um, someone explain to me why everyone is so outraged over bonuses being paid to AIG executives? It’s not like this was some kind of a secret that this is how they were going to be paid, and that they… Continue Reading
Bipartisanship Manifests
See? It’s not just Republicans who are lying, corrupt scumbags. And I’m not even (directly) talking about Rod Blagojevich, whose scumminess, corruption, and veracity deficiency have been well documented already. Indirectly, he’s in the news again — turns out that… Continue Reading
Much Ado About Nothing
It seems that Olympic hero Michael Phelps smoked some pot out of a bong. And then had the bad judgment to allow a photograph of this event to be taken. Next to the Fall Of Tom Daschle, this is the… Continue Reading
Once Is Happenstance. Twice Is Coincidence. The Third Time It’s Enemy Action.
Happenstance: Tim Geithner didn’t pay his taxes. He got egg on his face, but managed to get confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury. Which is kind of ironic, considering that he now exercises oversight of the Internal Revenue Service, the… Continue Reading
Not Going Back There
I said I wasn’t going back to the Ted Haggard well, and I meant it. Yes, the man has more legal and financial problems and more scandal has come to light involving him. Google it if you’re curious about the… Continue Reading
Blagojevich’s Defense
It didn’t work, obviously. But instead of going on the floor of the legislature in Springfield, claiming he did it all for the children and whining about how he was special, he would have been much better off trying this… Continue Reading