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10/12/2006

Between the Foley scandal and the Abramoff debacle, the list of politicians who will never get my vote just keeps getting longer and longer. Today I put Connecticut Republican Rep. Christopher Shays (Shays on Foley Handling) on the list. Although I guess he's pretty safe from my wrath since he's in Connecticut and all.

Just last week, Shay issued a statement saying “If there is any leader - Republican or Democrat - that knew or should have known about Mark Foley's behavior, he or she should step down from leadership. I will not vote for any leader who knew or should have known about Mark Foley’s conduct." He also, very correctly, observed that "The integrity of Congress is on the line.”

So what happened Shay? I guess you mean anyone besides Speaker Hastert. "I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day," the embattled Connecticut congressman told The Hartford Courant in remarks published Wednesday...."Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody," he added.

Jerk.

I guess since the GOP has lost the moral high ground for shizzle they've decided to throw family values out the window altogether. It's as if the whole party has collectively decided to give up the charade "Shucks! You caught us... the truth is we hate children!" The GOP could've spun this to their advantage. They could've reached out to the families with heart felt apologies. Foley could have been drawn and tarred and quartered and feathered. But instead they're busy blaming and covering their butts and I don't know anyone outside of The Capitol who thinks it's working. Cause you know what? This isn't a "gay thing", or a "drunk thing" or a "liberal conspiracy thing". This is a pedophilia thing. Foley is the guy on Dateline we look at with disgust as he fumbles with a margarita because of his proximity to a 14 year old. No one in their right mind looks at a pedophile and thinks, "at least he didn't kill anyone." In the same way, no one would look at someone who enabled a pedophiliac and say that they didn't personally murder children so they're absolved. Oh right, except for Rep. Shay.

I'm tired of all the spin and the lies. I'm tired of people being jerks. I'm tired of wishy washy, backsliding, hypocritical morons. You know what sucks? Deciding who to vote for dependent on which candidate did less stuff that I hate (Yeah Henry loves the lottery... but Istook eats babies). I'm changing my affiliation to The Decent Human Being Party. Who's with me?

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posted at 11:16 AM

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9/27/2006

"Saying something like, "Is indie rock dead?" is useless because nothing is ever dead. Everything is alive to the people it matters to.

Does that mean culture is paying attention to it? That's a different question. But it's kind of an irrelevant question because if it's something that you have to pay attention to, for it to become "alive," then that's not what indie means."

-Kevin Smokeler, in an interview with CNN.com

CNN.com is currently running a series of special reports titled "Inside the Indie Scene". The series includes various spotlights on "indie" personalities (Grant McLennan, Sufjan Stevens, Garrison Keillor) and articles that question our very definition of the word (clue: it's a state of mind")... and, of course, there's always the ubiquitous "How indie are you?" quiz.
I'd imagine that the cable channel (CNN, without the ".com") has been broadcasting special reports as well.... but as you all know, if it's not on PBS I'm not watching it. Cause that's how indie I am. Suckas.

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posted at 3:10 PM

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9/12/2006

From cnn.com
Angered Hussein: 'We will crush your heads'

"Congratulations! you are in a cage, Saddam," witness Ghafour Hassan Abdullah said as he stared at the ousted president. Hussein later lashed out at "agents of Iran and Zionism" in the courtroom and vowed to "crush your heads."

Mark McKinney shows Saddam how it's done.

That wacky guy. At least we know that, along with his Doritios, Saddam is allowed access to Kids in the Hall... See! We didn't just ratify the Geneva Convention...we hook our prisoners up!

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posted at 9:49 AM

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