Bleh. I HATE writing about this stuff! I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT!
Via Washington Post:
Former representative. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) has been under investigation for allegations that he groped multiple male staffers working in his office, according to three sources familiar with the probe.
The allegations surrounding the former lawmaker date back at least a year, and involve “a pattern of behavior and physical harassment,” according to one source. The new claims of alleged groping contradict statements by Massa, who resigned his office on Monday after it became public that he was the subject of a House ethics committee investigation for possible harassment.
Massa had said that the allegations were limited to his use of “salty language” with his staff. He apologized for making some inappropriate comments and argued he was being unfairly vilified.
Days later, Massa accused the White House and Democratic congressional leaders of trying to oust him from office to improve their chances of passing health-care reform legislation — a charge that the House majority leader, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), called “absurd.”
Massa could not be reached for comment Tuesday, and no one answered the phone at his campaign office or at his home in Corning, N.Y., where he lives with his wife, Beverly, and a son and daughter. Staff at his former congressional offices declined to relay messages to him and said they did not know how to reach him.
According to two sources familiar with the probe, Massa’s former deputy chief of staff Ron Hikel provided the information about the staffers’ allegations to the House ethics committee three weeks ago. Hikel had earlier sought advice from Hoyer’s office about brewing internal complaints, the sources said, and had been urged to report the allegations to the committee.
Hikel, reached at his home Tuesday, declined to comment on the ethics investigation.
Oh, But Massa says it was not sexual. I’m sorry, but when you walk up to a guy, stoke his hair and say something to the effect of, “Hey Big Boy, Would you like me to push in your stool?” It’s sexual, Okay? So, Please, Massa, get off the dumb crap already. You are gay, why hide it? Just go with it and be done with it! I mean, you are in the right party for all that sort of stuff. I mean, the Democrats are all down with the gay people anyways. So, why hide it?
Sorry, but this all leaves me about ready to freakin’ puke! I mean, I am just not really ready for “All Gay, All The time”. unlike SOME Conservative blogs! 😛 😉 😀
Anyhow, here’s the round up, go take a look. As for me, I will be over here lifting weights or something or another manly. 🙄
I’ve been so busy battling Chuckie Johnson and Rosanne Barr fans, that I’ve missed blogging on anything else.
Here’s a round up:
Commenting on this posting, obviously one of Roseanne’s fanboys:
Dude, do you have any idea of what’s going to happen to you in jail??? After 6 months you’ll be able to hide a bowling ball in your ass. 🙁
To which I responded in e-mail:
Dude, do you know how stupid you sound?
I’ve said and done worse, and NOBODY has ever been here, ever. I never, ever said, that *I* was going to do anything at all. I said She did not deserve to breathe and, “here’s hoping she ends face down in parking lot with a bullet in her head”… big difference, I never expressed intent, I only expressed my hope… Big difference, jack ass. Political incorrectness, is not against the law. We still do have a first amendment. You liberals haven’t taken that….yet.
That explosion sound you hear is Charles Johnson’s head exploding. 😮
Alternate headline, “I am against Domestic Violence, but if you give me any crap; I’ll give you some domestic violence!”
A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence.
Arelisha Bridges was ordered held without bond in the Fulton County Jail. She is scheduled for a preliminary hearing later this month on charges of felony murder, murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Officials said Bridges claimed she was unemployed. But records show she is a lobbyist for an organization called the National Declaration for Domestic Violence Order; its Web site says the group is pushing legislation to create a database of those convicted of sex crimes or domestic abuse.
via Woman charged with killing husband is lobbyist | ajc.com.
The jokes write themselves.
Oh, and before anyone screams. I am not making light of a man losing his life. That is a terrible tragedy. But I am mocking the woman who pulled the trigger! 😀
Others: JustOneMinute, Confederate Yankee, The Jawa Report, Althouse and QandO
I have to admit, this one is very funny. (Content Warning)
This comes from the folks over at Patriot Post:
“If the enemy is in range, so are you.” — Infantry Journal
“It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.” — US Air Force Manual
“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” — General MacArthur
“You, you, and you … Panic. The rest of you, come with me.” — U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
“Tracers work both ways.” — U.S. Army Ordnance Manual
“Five second fuses only last three seconds.” — Infantry Journal
The three most useless things in aviation are: Fuel in the bowser; Runway behind you; and Air above you. — Basic Flight Training Manual
“Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.” — Maritime Ops Manual
“Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.” — Unknown Marine Recruit
“If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.” — USAF Ammo Troop
“You’ve never been lost until you”ve been lost at Mach 3.” — Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)
“The only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.” —Unknown Author
“If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter — and therefore, unsafe.” — Fixed Wing Pilot
“When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.” — Multi-Engine Training Manual
“Without ammunition, the USAF is just an expensive flying club.” — Unknown Author
“If you hear me yell; ‘Eject, Eject, Eject!,’ the last two will be echos. If you stop to ask ‘Why?’ you”ll be talking to yourself, because you’re the pilot.” — Pre-flight Briefing from a 104 Pilot
“What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, …. the pilot dies.” — Sign over Control Tower Door
“Never trade luck for skill.” — Author Unknown
“Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.” — Basic Flight Training Manual
“Mankind has a perfect record in aviation — we have never left one up there!” — Unknown Author
“Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.” — Emergency Checklist
“The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.” — Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
“There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.” — Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ
“If something hasn’t broken on your helicopter, it’s about to.” — Sign over Carrier Group Operations Desk
“You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.” — Lead-in Fighter Training Manual
As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives. The rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, “What happened?” The pilot”s reply: “I don’t know, I just got here myself!”
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