7.12.2009
The GOP Presidential Lineup
Potential Republican candidates for president in 2012. It's a vast wasteland of lightweights and hypocrites.
--Sarah Palin: dumb as a fence post; quit governorship of Alaska to show she's not a quitter.
--Mitt Romney: practicing Mormon (does the base even consider that Christianity?) with the political principles of a weather vane.
--Newt Gingrich: practicing lizard; thrice married, twice cheating, family values blowhard and recent convert to Catholicism.
--John Ensign: the Boy Senator; Promise-Keeper who forgot the promise.
--Mark Sanford: head-over-heels in love (with a woman other than his wife); notable achievements: hiked the Appalachian Trail all the way to Buenos Aires.
--Bobby Jindal: see Gilligan.
--Mike Huckabee: see Gomer Pyle.
--Sarah Palin: dumb as a fence post; quit governorship of Alaska to show she's not a quitter.
--Mitt Romney: practicing Mormon (does the base even consider that Christianity?) with the political principles of a weather vane.
--Newt Gingrich: practicing lizard; thrice married, twice cheating, family values blowhard and recent convert to Catholicism.
--John Ensign: the Boy Senator; Promise-Keeper who forgot the promise.
--Mark Sanford: head-over-heels in love (with a woman other than his wife); notable achievements: hiked the Appalachian Trail all the way to Buenos Aires.
--Bobby Jindal: see Gilligan.
--Mike Huckabee: see Gomer Pyle.
The Boy Senator
While his story has been overshadowed to a great degree by the Mark Sanford and Sarah Palin follies, consider for a moment the Curious Case of Senator John Ensign.
Briefly, what happened was this: He cheated on his wife with an employee who worked in his Senate offices (as did his paramour's husband), then paid the couple $25,000 in hush money -- but failed to end the affair. When the other couple came on hard times, the Ensigns invited them to live in their home, during which time Ensign continued his dalliance -- under his own roof -- until he was confronted by the woman's husband on Christmas Eve and subjected to a sort of Adultery Intervention attended by all members of both families. Even at that he had a hard time ending the affair, so he went to his Christian buddies for advice. They counseled that he ought to write the other woman a note putting an end to things and boost the hush money payment to a cool $100Gs, and then they walked him down to the Fed-Ex office to make doubly sure he sent the note. [Even at that, he called his lover ahead of delivery to tip her off the note was coming and she should ignore its message.] In the meantime, the boy senator went to his mommy and daddy and borrowed the $100,000 to pay off the other family. And apparently that's what amountsed to presidential timber in the Republican Party these days.
The aggrieved husband went on Las Vegas television for an extended interview detailing the whole sordid mess. Watch it here if you like soap operas.
Briefly, what happened was this: He cheated on his wife with an employee who worked in his Senate offices (as did his paramour's husband), then paid the couple $25,000 in hush money -- but failed to end the affair. When the other couple came on hard times, the Ensigns invited them to live in their home, during which time Ensign continued his dalliance -- under his own roof -- until he was confronted by the woman's husband on Christmas Eve and subjected to a sort of Adultery Intervention attended by all members of both families. Even at that he had a hard time ending the affair, so he went to his Christian buddies for advice. They counseled that he ought to write the other woman a note putting an end to things and boost the hush money payment to a cool $100Gs, and then they walked him down to the Fed-Ex office to make doubly sure he sent the note. [Even at that, he called his lover ahead of delivery to tip her off the note was coming and she should ignore its message.] In the meantime, the boy senator went to his mommy and daddy and borrowed the $100,000 to pay off the other family. And apparently that's what amount
The aggrieved husband went on Las Vegas television for an extended interview detailing the whole sordid mess. Watch it here if you like soap operas.
7.11.2009
7.10.2009
7.09.2009
Change of "Complexion"
Check out this whacked out story from Philly...
Days before a Northeast Philadelphia day camp's membership at a private suburban swim club was rescinded, several of the campers said they had heard racial remarks about themselves at the pool.
[...]
Sixty-five campers, kindergartners through seventh graders who are African American and Hispanic, arrived at the private swim club around 3:30 p.m. on June 29. It was their first visit to the club, but the camp had made arrangements for weekly trips on Mondays through Aug. 10.
[...]
On July 3, Wright said, the camp's $1,950 check in membership fees to the swim club was refunded, meaning the children no longer had access to the pool. She said Duesler gave no reason for the refund except that the membership no longer wanted the children at the pool.
Repeated attempts to reach Duesler, other club officers, and the club's management yesterday were unsuccessful. NBC10, which first reported the story, said yesterday that Duesler had given the station the following statement: "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion . . . and the atmosphere of the club."
What's the "local angle" on this story you might ask? Well, when I was a kid I went to the same YMCA summer camp as the kids in this story. My grandparents lived right around the corner from the place (see below). It's where I made my first lanyard keychain; it's where I learned to ply red-light-green-light; it's where we made crappy paper-mache junk; it's where I first jumped on a trampoline and climbed a rope ladder. Good times! Sounds like the place has undergone a "change of complexion." Sorry to hear they closed the pool. [click image for larger view.]
7.08.2009
Diversions
First Michael Jackson, then Sarah Palin, then even more Michael Jackson. South Carolina's Mark Sanford is the luckiest philandering hypocrite AWOL politician in America.
OMFG
The fact that these people manage to get elected to public office should strike a blow for the future of America. This lady is debating whether her community should approve the opening of a uranium mine. A freaking uranium mine and she thinks the Earth is 6000 years old! I'm not so sure her grasp of science really qualifies her to have a vote in the decision. But there she is...
7.07.2009
Truer words were never spoken...
Berry Gordy (founder of Motown Records) at Michael Jackson's memorial service:
"Michael Jackson went into orbit...and never came down."
Rudy!
There's been a lot of talk about whether anyone's ever seen an over-the-top outpouring of grief and rememberance like that which we've seen with Michael Jackson this week...
Try this one on for size:
Try this one on for size:
An estimated 100,000 people lined the streets of New York City to pay their respects at [Rudolph Valentino's] funeral, handled by the Frank Campbell Funeral Home. The event was a drama itself: Suicides of despondent fans were reported. Windows were smashed as fans tried to get in and an all day riot erupted on August 24. Over 100 Mounted officers and NYPD's Police Reserve was deployed to restore order. A phalanx of officers would line the streets for the remainder of the viewing. The drama inside would not be outdone. Polish Actress Pola Negri, claiming to be Valentino's fiance, collapsed in hysterics while standing over the coffin, and Campbell's hired four actors to impersonate a Fascist Blackshirt honor guard, which claimed to have been sent by Benito Mussolini. It was later revealed as a planned publicity stunt. Media reports that the body on display in the main salon was not Valentino but a decoy were continually refuted by Campbell.
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