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 Congress needs cleaning out. Who would have thought that a Republican lobbyist would do it? I have a great way to help the hurricane victims of New Orleans. Here's what you do... If you live in New Orleans, pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. Remind President Bush that Louisiana has oil. He'll invade and then spend a trillion dollars rebuilding the place!—Jay Leno 
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 "President Bush says he is 100% sure he was right to wiretap. 100% sure that he was right to wiretap. And you know Bush, when he says he's 100% sure, he's always right." --David Letterman ________Please support our advertisers. They are just a click away__________ Easy listening in uneasy times Visit http://dantyler.net/ Disturbing News 
 Conan Style Campaigning Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a signal that he'll mount an aggressive 2006 re-election campaign, has hired one of the White House's top political operatives to run his campaign -- a former California GOP strategist who has been described by Newsweek as a political "artillery shell" for his hard-charging tactics. The governor's office would not confirm the hiring on Tuesday, but sources said Steve Schmidt, 35, is expected to be announced shortly as Schwarzenegger's 2006 re-election campaign manager Coal Mining: Long-Term Contribution Trends from Opensecrets.org 
 2006 - Year of the Neoconvict. - Lars, an AHNC viewer Republican Shenanigans 
 "I would have made a good Pope." - Richard M. Nixon Ugly Is As Ugly Does 
 And now, the 2005 Loop Lawmaker of the Year: Rep. Jean "Mean Jean" Schmidt (R-Ohio). Schmidt narrowly edged former representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.). Cunningham, who had been seen as a slam-dunk winner. Unfortunately, he was ruled ineligible after having resigned from the House for personal reasons and a bribery indictment. Schmidt, though in town only a few months, locked up the prestigious award last month with that eloquent speech on the House floor calling Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), a decorated Marine, a "coward." This was promptly followed by a deer-in-the-headlights floor apology. She's not spoken on the House floor since her Nov. 18 disquisition Rock-The-Voter News "The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness." -- Edward Teller ________Please support our advertisers. They are just a click away__________ Whacking Wonkette? On the morning The New York Times gave a not-so-favorable review to her new novel comes news that Ana Marie Cox may be exiting her Washington blog Wonkette, to be replaced by David Lat, the federal prosecutor best known as former author of the spicy Underneath Their Robes judicial blog, according to the Wall Street Journal online and the New York Observer. 
 Good News "Republicans are as serious about fiscal responsibility as Paris Hilton is about modesty." -- Marshall Wittmann, past press secretary to Sen. John McCain The “Great Uniters” Divisive Nominee Americans lack consensus on whether the Senate should confirm Judge Samuel Alito as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, WSJ.com - Poll Shows Americans Are Divided On Support for Alito Confirmationa Harris Interactive poll shows. Biz/Tech News 
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 Spending Your Homeland Security Tax Dollars Grant Goodman is an 81-year-old emeritus professor of Asian history at the University of Kansas. He has had an ongoing correspondence by snail mail with a former professor of history at the University of the Philippines, where Goodman had taught on three separate occasions. In early December, he was shocked when a letter arrived from her that had already been opened. “The bottom of the envelope had been slashed open and then retaped with green tape,” says Goodman. “And it said, ‘Opened by Border Protection’ in great big letters. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal is on it, too.” Some Responses to yesterday's question Have you thought of any good decisions by Bush? 
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 I intend to live forever. So far, so good. -- Steven Wright Odd News 
  A Nasa Indian arranges bottles of 'Coca Sek' drink in Inza, Colombia December 16, 2005. Colombian Indians are using the raw material of cocaine to make a soft drink they hope will displace in their area another, better known beverage with the same ingredient: Coca-Cola. Photo by Jason Webb 
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