AllAroundPhilly

One by one these criminals will go to jail. Isn't it strange , they all start crying when they're finally convicted and brought to justice. I wonder when bush, cheney and the rest of the war mongers will get their day in the Hague.
AllAroundPhilly: "Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges and tearfully resigned from office, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators."

Alito Distancing Himself From Views on Abortion in '85 Letter

Alito Distancing Himself From Views on Abortion in '85 Letter: "Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. sought to distance himself yesterday from staunchly conservative views he expressed 20 years ago, but some liberals and conservatives said they see the comments as the best indication yet of judicial philosophies he would bring to the bench. One liberal group said it will use the remarks in ads opposing Alito's confirmation."

MURTHA SPEAKS TRUTH TO BUSH'S LIES

A great article by Bill Gallagher for the Niagara Falls Reporter cuts to the chase and tells it like it is. Too bad some of the NYT and WaPo journalists don't do the same.
Niagara Falls Reporter Opinion: "MURTHA SPEAKS TRUTH TO BUSH'S LIES"
Privately, President George W. Bush is having a political panic attack as he retreats to his cocoon, seeking comfort from his nannies. Babs, his mommy, wife Laura, Condi Rice and Karen Hughes serve as his ladies in waiting, assuring our courageous leader that the boo-boos he gets on his head will get better and those bad boys criticizing his war are just meanies who don't like him.
Vice President Dick Cheney, whose bum advice has cost him his male-nanny status, still is called upon for political valet duties. He made a pitiful attempt to quiet Iraq war critics and rewrite history. Cheney, the Lord of the Lies, still sticks to the bogus script he, more than anyone else, crafted: that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous threat to our security and war was the only way to save the republic.

Civility in Congress

Just minutes after she was sworn in Sept. 6 to represent the Cincinnati-based 2nd Congressional District, Jean Schmidt promised that she would never resort to name calling.
In that inaugural speech in the House floor, Schmidt declared, "It is easy to quickly sink to the lowest form of political debate. Harsh words often lead to headlines, but walking this path is not a victimless crime.''
It took Schmidt less than three months to expose herself as a hypocrite.
The Cincinnati Post - Civility in Congress: "We've arrived at a point in our politics where a 31-year veteran of Congress - a former Marine colonel who served in Korea and Vietnam, who holds a Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry - cannot stand up and say what many Americans believe without being called a coward by someone who hasn't served a day in uniform and not even three months in Congress. Where anyone who tries to bring up a principled debate on a withdrawal strategy risks being branded by the likes of Geoff Davis as a feckless traitor giving aid and comfort to the enemy."

Life in the 1500's

LIFE IN THE 1500'S
 The next time you are washing your hands don't complain because  the
water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things
used tobe. Here are some facts about the 1500s:

 These are interesting...

 Most people got married in June because they took their yearlybath in
May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to
smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to
hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet
when getting married.

 Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man ofthe
house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other
sons and men, then the women and finally the children Last of all the babies. By
then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the
saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

 Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood
underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the
cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained
it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof.
Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This
posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet

 hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds
came into existence.

 The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than
dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would
get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor
to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh
until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside A piece of
wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a
"thresh hold."
 

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

 In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle
that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things
to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.
They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold
overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in
it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge
hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."

 Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite
special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It
wasa sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would
cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the
fat."

 Thosewith money had plates made of pewter Food with high acid
content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning
death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400
yearsorso, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt
bottom ofthe loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper
crust."
 Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would
sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking
along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They
were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would
gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake
up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."
England is old and small and the local
folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would
digup coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the
grave.
When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to havescratch
marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people
alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through
 the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone
would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard
shift") tolisten for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was
considered a "dead ringer."

 And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was borin! !


 Educatesomeone...Share these facts with a friend
 

 Imagination is more important than knowledge...
                        Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Democrats Provided Edge on Detainee Vote - New York Times

I wonder what the reaction would be from these DINO's if an American were imprisoned in an Iraqi or any foreign jail without access to due process. Would they feel that a military tribunal is good enough. I don't think so.
Democrats Provided Edge on Detainee Vote - New York Times

People For the American Way - Right-Wing Outrage

Jack Cafferty thinks pat ought to get on geritol. I think the mother fucker needs to mind his own business and somebody should pull the plug on his 700 club bullshit.
People For the American Way - Right-Wing Outrage

Would Laura doing him in the oval office count? Or maybe Harriet or Condi would volunteer. 

President Bush's Walkabout - New York Times

The New York Times is finally 'getting it'. It's a shame they didn't start printing editorials like this about three years ago. We wouldn't be in the mess we are now.
President Bush's Walkabout - New York Times

On the Wal-Mart Money Trail

"One item in the Walton Family Foundation's most recent IRS filing shows how uninterested this family is in true social responsibility: a measly $6,000 to something called the Wal-Mart Associates in Need Fund. Contrast that with the millions the family spends promoting right-wing causes, and it becomes painfully clear that the Waltons value conservative ideology far more than they value the human beings who have made them the richest family on earth. Told about these figures, Kathleen MacDonald, a Wal-Mart candy department clerk in Aiken, South Carolina, responded bluntly, "All I have to say about that is, it doesn't surprise me. Like Bush, they don't have a clue what working families go through." MacDonald would like to see The Simple Life do a show about working at Wal-Mart. "I could see Paris Hilton on a register at Christmastime, or stocking shelves," she says. Or perhaps Alice Walton as a greeter, on her feet all day, thanking us for shopping at Wal-Mart."
On the Wal-Mart Money Trail

When swimming in the river

http://www.drlaniac.com/Headlines/default.asp?mode=results&stype=item&sparam=2682
one is bound to encounter and occasional turd; the big ones sink to the bottom quickly while the small ones may float on out to the sea and eventually sink to the bottom also. In the end they all just return to the earth as organic matter but never the less are nothing more than pieces of shit who have returned to the food chain. And so there goes David Corn...one of the big ones.

Young Alito defended privacy, gay rights

Young Alito defended privacy, gay rights: "In college, Samuel Alito led a student conference that urged legalization of sodomy and curbs on domestic intelligence, a sweeping defense of privacy rights he said were under threat by the government and the dawning computer age."