A rather stunning admission from someone who basically courted the religious right rather heavily. He basically sat down with interview with ABC. (Friendly Territory? Nah. Ergo Palin…)
Something tells me, that if Bush would have admitted this before he was elected in 2000 or reelected in 2004. He would have never made past the primary process. Not a Bible Literalist? 😮 Basically the Bible doesn’t mean what it says? That’s big. Calling Robert Schuller!
Seems the Democrat Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in trouble with the FBI.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that accuse him of trying to benefit from his ability to appoint President-elect Barack Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate.
A 76-page FBI affidavit says the 51-year-old Democrat was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.
The affidavit contends Blagojevich discussed getting a substantial salary for himself at a non-profit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions. It also says Blagojevich talked about getting his wife placed on corporate boards where she might get $150,000 a year in director’s fees.
The affidavit also quotes Blagojevich as saying “I want to make money” in one conversation.
John Harris, the governor’s chief of staff, was also charged, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Now, because I don’t like to pile on, let me simply say this. Corruption is wrong, Democrats AND Republicans have done it. Recently Ted Stevens was indicted on corruption charges. As well as Democrat congressman William Jefferson. So, there’s equal amounts on both sides of the aisle.
Let’s hope this slimeball gets what’s coming to him.
Would not it be funny if this guy talked and said that Obama ordered it to happen? Would not it be neat of the Electoral College voted to not to seat Obama as President, because of the corruption charges?
A Man can dream. 😀
Update: Here’s the U.S. Attorney General talking about the charges: (Thanks Andrew)
Others: protein wisdom, Don Surber, Gateway Pundit,Capitol Annex, Vodkapundit, Sister Toldjah, Outside The Beltway, Fausta’s Blog, Townhall.com,
(Thanks to Musing Minds for correcting me on my slight mistake.. ooops! 😛 )
Apparently. At least that’s what the geeks over at wired are saying.
What I really want to know is. How in the hell did they get that bird to sit on that monitor, and better yet, how the hell did they get that crazy color dye on that bird, without killing it or getting killed themselves?!?!?
Update: ….and for whatever it is worth, I happen to think that Twitter sucks. See here for details.
(Thanks Glenn)
If this does not make you emotional or even a little dewy eyed. You don’t have a damn soul.
Story via WXII TV:
PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A woman and 2-year-old daughter welcomed home a sergeant Thursday night who had been serving in Afghanistan since March.
Kensley Penney said she promises this year she has been a good girl. She said she does just what grandma asks and kisses her special doll with her father’s picture every night.
“When we go to bed, we say prayers and ask Jesus to keep him safe,” Kensley’s grandmother, Patty Childress, said.
Kensley is hoping these good deeds will be enough for Santa Claus to give her the two special requests she has this Christmas.
“I asked her if she wanted a new doll or a stroller, and she said, ‘I don’t know,’ and then a week later she said, ‘I want a blue truck and my daddy,'” Childress said.
Her father, Sgt. Scottie Penney, has been serving in Afghanistan since March.
Penney’s wife, April, said it’s been hard for her, but that it’s been especially tough on Kensley.
Scottie Penney’s family worked very hard to keep him in his daughter’s life, even though he was thousands of miles away from home.
“There are pictures all over the house, and like I said, she has our daddy doll,” Childress said. “When she can, she gets on the Web cam with him and makes funny faces. She knows who daddy is.”
In fact, Kensley sleeps cuddled up with her father every night. His picture is on a special doll that her family said she takes everywhere.
Thursday night, Penney walked into Pine Hills Church in Pilot Mountain to surprise his daughter.
The moment was caught on camera.
Kensley waited patiently in her grandmother’s arms to tell Santa Claus her special Christmas wish Thursday night.
“I want my daddy,” Kensley told Santa.
Kensley even practiced a song for Santa Claus, hoping it will help get her wish granted.
Kensley’s constant singing must have paid off, because the Pine Hills Church Santa delivered her Christmas wish right in time for the holidays.
“It was pretty nice,” Scottie Penney said. “We have been planning this for some time. I had mixed emotions about how (Kensley) would react.”
The rest of the room burst out in tears when Kensley and her father reunited.
Scottie Penney said it was also a surprise for him and his wife to see the community supporting them.
“It was very emotional,” he said. “I didn’t see anyone who had a dry eye. It was so great to see the love and support of our community and people who care.”
You see, it is because of stuff like this right here. Is why I am a Libertarian Conservative Blogger, this is why I decided that the Democratic Party was not that Party that loves America, Respects it’s Military. I mean, you need look no further than Michelle Malkin’s Blog to see that.
….and while I am on it. These are the people that voted for that idiotic Communist NEGRO into the White House, them are HIS people.
God Bless that little Blondie bundle of Joy. Especially on Christmas Day. 😀
(H/T AllahPundit)
Now this is a real “WTF?!?!” Story…..
First the Video: (Via Breit Bart)
The Story Via KREM:
For three days last week a dead bunny was seen hanging from the front yard of Bill Demers fence along the Palouse.
Nearby neighbors thought it was initially a sick prank; however, Demers told KREM 2 News reporter Marissa Bagg he has made a habit of shooting rabbits.
Several neighbors contacted KREM 2 last week complaining of Demers
Neighbors have contacted both the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department and the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service, and both agencies have opened investigations into the incident.
“I don’t like killing animals, I do it to protect my property,” Demers said. Demers believes that hanging the dead bunny would deter other rabbits from coming onto his property.
He defended his position stating that the rabbits dig holes throughout his yard and ruin his crops and hay.
Neighbors say Demers’s latest stunt crossed the line, especially since many of the neighbors themselves have pets and his fence is along a school bus route.Demers said the hanging rabbit proved to be a deterrent for a while but the rabbits came back.
Finally, the night before Thanksgiving, someone in the area took the rabbit down without Demers’s permission.
Man…. This reeks to high heaven. There’s about 50 thousands thoughts going through my head right now.
(I got this via Twitter)
Via AP: (Hopefully they won’t sue me for this….)
Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup known for her raven-haired bangs and saucy come-hither looks, was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday.
“She’s critically ill,” Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide told The Associated Press.
He said the 85-year-old had been hospitalized for the last three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she had the heart attack Tuesday. Page was transferred to another hospital in Los Angeles and remained in intensive care Friday.
A family friend, Todd Mueller, said Page was in a coma. When asked to confirm, Roesler said, “I would not deny that,” but he would not comment further on her condition.
Page, a secretary turned model, is credited with helping set the stage for the sexual revolution of the rebellious 1960s. She attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure that were tacked up on walls across the country.
Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.
Page later spent decades away from the public eye, and during that time battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.
After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.
Mueller credits his business dealings with Page for bringing her out of seclusion. He said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her “a bunch of money” to show up at autograph signings.
“I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300,” he said. “Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. … Bettie Page outsells them all.”
Thoughts and Prayers are with Mrs. Page and her family this day. 🙁
Everything? Seems so.
Video: (via Breit Bart)
Exit Question: Does she remember when she only had one chin?
Oh yes he did.
A white social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two black girls, prompting outrage from one girl’s mother and the local chapter of the NAACP. After the mother complained to Haverstraw Middle School, the superintendent said he was having “conversations with our staff on how to deliver effective lessons.”
“If a student was upset, then it was a bad idea,” said Superintendent Brian Monahan of the North Rockland School District in New York City’s northern suburbs.
The teacher apologized to the mother who complained and her 13-year-old daughter during a meeting Thursday that also included a representative of the local NAACP. But the mother, Christine Shand of Haverstraw, said Friday she thinks the teacher should be removed from the class.
“I think the teacher should have gotten some discipline,” Shand said. “I know if that was me, I would be uncomfortable going back to that class. Why should my daughter have to switch?”
Monahan refused to say what, if any, measures were taken against the teacher, Eileen Bernstein, who was still working on Friday. The school district said she was not available for comment.
“We encourage our teachers to deliver the curriculum in a variety of ways, to go beyond just reading the textbook,” the superintendent said. “We don’t want to discourage creativity. But this obviously went wrong because the student was upset.”
Uhm…. These people ought not to be allowed near cars. Much less teach.
This deserves a big, fat, honkin’….:
Not to continually link to her Blog. But Michelle Malkin reports that some jackass twerps stole a bunch of blankets that were supposed to be going to some of our Military overseas. This wasn’t just random punk kids, there were fucking commie liberals, who hate our Military.
Anyhow, they could use the help.
Go read more about at Michelle’s Blog.
Yes, Ladies and Gents, It appears that there will be still some hope for balanced Government! 😀
Saxby Chambliss has won the race for Georgia Senate.
The numbers:
Chambliss (R) 1,145,192– Martin (D) 820,737 with 92% reporting as of this posting
This closes down the notion that Barack Obama would have a filibusterer proof Senate….. yay! 😀
Some of you might be shocked to know that I am extremely happy about this. I am happy for a number of reasons; First off, this will force Obama to have to utterly abandon his agenda of radical socializing the United States of America. It will slow the Liberal agenda of some of the Liberal Left.
But most important of all, it insures that there will still some semblance of balanced Government in Washington D.C.; I believe that balanced Government is paramount in a free and democratic society.
So, while I would have like to have seen more Conservatives in the Senate. I’ll take this one!
A big congratulations to the Senator Chambliss! 😀
….and on a Personal note, Whitfield County, which is the County Seat for Dalton, Georgia voted 9,738 to 3,533 in favor of Chambliss, I guess them Dalton folk are smarter than I’ve given them credit for! 😉
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