Take That, McGreavey!
Jeez uz Ke rist! Is there no end to this one-ups-manship?
I know I blogged before about the back and forth competition between New York and New Jersey, but reality is worse than fiction here!
Enough with the One-Upsmanship Already
First it was Governor McGreavey of New Jersey. Then New York Governor Spitzer one-uped him with high priced hookers. Not to be out done, former governor raised the ante with an additional confession that his transgressions included his young driver AND his wife. New York’s new governor couldn’t let their “bastard cousins” (to quote the PJM article I’m excerpting below) in New Jersey. He admitted to several indiscretions, and his wife did too!
New Jersey has long been the bastard cousin of its neighbor to the north, and the details of the affair involving former Governor Jim McGreevey, his ex-wife Dina Matos and campaign aide Theodore Pederson are the bridge-and-tunnel equivalent of political scandal.
Now, we are reminded by this post from James Kirchick that McGreavey’s transgressions included hiring one of his playmates to a government job.
But Jim McGreevey was forced to resign for no other reason than that he was a corrupt politician.
Of course, New York’s new governor, David Paterson, has also provided a “job reference” of sorts for one of his more recent conquests.
The 53-year-old Paterson admitted he was involved with numerous women “several years ago” - including one who later worked in Spitzer’s office and whom Paterson has “inherited” as part of his staff.
Sources later identified her as Lila Kirton, 49, whom Spitzer brought over from his attorney general’s staff when he became governor last year. She is now community affairs director for the Office of Inter-Governmental Affairs.
Paterson insisted that he never supervised the woman and never used state funds for any of his trysts, some of which took place at the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St.
and
Diane Dixon, a Brooklyn native who won medals in the 4x400-meter relay at the 1984 games in Los Angeles and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, claimed that Paterson had assisted in helping her secure a Department of Education job in Crown Heights.
Geez, enough already. I’m beginning to think that there ought to be a law requiring politicians to wear chastity belts and keep away from viagra or cialis.
I bet that’ll never pass.
Pajamas Media: The McGreevey Scandal Wasn’t (Just) About Sex
The Milking Schedule
It should be obvious to all that the whole effort by the Democrat leadership of the House to recraft the FISA law has to do not with national security, but with the schedule for the next election cycle.
The ACLU issued a statement expressing delight over the House Democrats’ new bill and was also pleased that the Democrats would let the authorization to track terrorists expire in only two years as if there is any realistic chance that the global war on terror could be behind us by then. (emphasis added)
Because this has already been demonstrated to be a very productive cow:
The Center for Responsive Politics reports that trial lawyers contributed some $85 million to Democratic candidates in the 2006 election cycle. (emphasis added)
Disgusting!
Don Surber Doesn’t Mince Words
You’ll have to read the rest of the post to learn who he’s talking about.
Add them up and the NYT thinks he’s a horny madman who has the cooties.
Oh, okay, you can probably guess who it is, too.
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(I’m cross-posting at http://response39.blogspot.com as I try out their platform)
AARP Plans to Have Kiss at Their Celebration
Because AARP turns 50 this year, they’ve decided to have a bunch of concerts and celebrations (your dues going for a good cause). At least they won’t be using the money to lobby against personal ownership of guns.
In honor of this, I think Kiss, one of the groups who were listed as attending, needs to change some of their lyrics.
So, with apologies to Kiss, here are the revised words to “I want to rock and roll all night:”
You say you wanna go for a spin
The retirement party’s just begun, we’ll let you inYou drive us wild, you drive so crazy
You can’t hear us now, we keep on shoutin’
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every dayYou keep on saying you’ll be fine for a while
You’re lookin’ goofy and you’ve got no style
You drive us wild, we’ll drive you crazy
You’ll give us everything you’ve got
Gramps and Granny, that’s not a lotAnd you drive us wild, you drive so crazy
You can’t hear us now, we keep on shoutin’
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
I wanna sleep all nite and potty every day
John Coleman as Martin Luther
John Coleman doesn’t like the carbon offset business, and says as much.
Why should we care? Well, he’s a noted meteorologist and founder of the Weather Channel, so he has the cred. He’s not at all happy with the whole carbon offset scam (as he calls it):
We don’t like to see the courts used to shape public policy. That’s what legislatures are for. But maybe a lawsuit is needed to expose those whose idea of green is the money they can make selling carbon offsets that do nothing to save the Earth but a great deal toward fattening their bank accounts. Such an action would discredit and disprove those who assume facts about climate not in evidence.
Indulgences anyone?
As California Goes, So Goes the Nation
Investors’ Business Daily has a stinging rebuke of the California legislature - Democrat-controlled, and out of control.
This is the Democrats’ disease. They spend wildly, gin up a phony budget emergency, then call on Americans to “sacrifice” by paying higher taxes. This isn’t responsible fiscal policy. It’s a recipe for stagnation, whether in Sacramento or Washington, D.C.
The US Needs to Pay Attention to This
The situation in South America appears to be deteriorating rapidly toward confrontation between Columbia and Venezuela and Equador.
Colombia has said documents found in a cross-border raid suggest links between left-wing Farc rebels and Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa. Colombian troops had entered Ecuador in a raid that killed a Farc leader, Raul Reyes, and 16 other rebels.
Ecuador has expelled Colombia’s ambassador following the attack and is sending troops to the border.
Earlier Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was sending thousands of troops and tanks to its border.
We’d better remember who our friends are and back them up.
According to Gateway Pundit, we aren’t doing that very well yet.
Meanwhile… US Democrats continue to deny financial support to the pro-American Colombian government. This is an important story that you probably missed in the mainstream media.
Gateway Pundit: TENSIONS RISING– Documents Link Ecuador’s President to FARC
If You Didn’t Think This Guy Was Trouble Already
Gateway Pundit reports that:
Hugo Chavez is moving troops to the Colombian border after Colombian troops killed top level FARC terrorists yesterday.
Chavez isn’t just bad news for Venezuelans and our oil-dependent economy. He’s Friends with Castro, Ahmadinejad and other bad actors because he wants a Communist revolucion to take place in South America.
American apologists ought to be ashamed of themselves, but they won’t.
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