DeLay dirtier than a $3 crack whore, says grand juror
"Ample indications of the congressman's involvement."

Grand jurors were presented a load of evidence, including testimony and phone records, that led them to believe corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay should be tried on a conspiracy charge, then smeared with honey and tied to an ant-hill, the leader of the Travis County grand jury that indicted the dirty, unethical slimeball said Friday.

"It was not one of those sugarcoated deals that we handed to [District Attorney] Ronnie Earle," William M. Gibson said.

"Mr. Earle has stacks and stacks of papers – evidence of telephone calls from Mr. DeLay and everybody," he added. "This asshole's going down."

Cup o' Joe Joe Veccio's wife has died
Joe Vecchio's wife, Catherine Susan Vecchio, has passed away at age 46 after a protracted illness. Her long suffering is over. She was a dear woman, and devoted wife and mother.

Joe could really use your help, and support right now. Please visit his site, and Drop Some Love In Joe's Paypal, if you can. Whatever you can give will make a big difference for him and hid children... He's really given SO much for us. Our hearts are with you, Joe-- you're not alone.

Words from Joe:

"She was my wife, the only woman I have ever loved, the only woman I will ever love. She was the most selfless person I have ever known, totally devoted to her children and to me. I don't have the words to express how empty my life will be without her, and the short time we were together were happy days for each of us despite her persistent illness and our poverty. She was the kind of person the world needs more of.

Her spirit still lives on in me. Whenever I hear a good joke I will recall how she would laugh (or groan), whenever I hear a romantic or sad song I will remember how she would put her arms around me. I will still reach out for her late at night, because she will still be with me. And if there is an afterlife I know I will meet her there when my time comes."

We love you, Joe. Hang in there, sweetie.

Friday random 10
Actually, I don't have my iPod with me, so here are today's damn earworms - and thank God there aren't ten of them:

If I Only Had A Brain
Holly Jolly Christmas
Long Long Way from Home
Dancin' with Myself
In the Merry Old Land of Oz
This Girl Is A Woman Now
Transmaniacon MC

Bush's new, post-Rita poll numbers
Floaters rather than sinkers.


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Values and integrity
"The Republican rap sheet for the past week alone is staggering" - a helpful guide to the rethug hall of shame.


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Values and integrity, II
Bill Bennett extends Republican outreach to the black community by announcing crime would disappear if you aborted all of them.

With the GOP silent on the matter, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats have called on right-wing gambling addict and dominatrix patron Bill Bennett, author of The Book of Virtues, to apologize for telling his radio listeners that "you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down."


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Meanwhile, there's a vast left-wing conspiracy out to get indicted smegcheese Tom DeLay

DELAY: Ronnie Earle has been district attorney in Travis County since 1976. In 1976 there were no Republicans -- certainly no Republicans other than governor, and he didn't get elected until '78. There were no Republicans. The fights were between conservative Democrats and liberal Democrats. Ronnie Earle does this to all his political enemies. He did it to conservative Democrats. He did it -- and he does it to Republicans. And particularly in my case, he did it in conjunction and working with the Democrat leadership here in Washington, D.C.

CNN's WOLF BLITZER: Well, that's an explosive charge you make, that there was some sort of collusion or conspiracy between Ronnie Earle and Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders in the Congress. What evidence, if any, do you have to back that up?

DELAY: It's very good evidence, that they announced this strategy publicly, they put it on their website and this strategy is in their fund-raising letters.

BLITZER: Who specifically -- who announced this?

DELAY: The DCCC, the Democratic Campaign Committee, run by Chairman Rahm Emanuel.

BLITZER: They announced that they were working with Ronnie Earle to get you an indictment?

DELAY: No, they didn't do that.

BLITZER: What evidence is there they consulted with Ronnie Earle, that they talked to him or they had any dealings with him whatsoever?

DELAY: That evidence is coming. But the point is, they announced the strategy, and it's very funny that two weeks ago, when Ronnie Earle said publicly that I was not part of the investigation, that I hadn't been investigated, and then turns around in two days -- over the weekend -- he now is going to indict me. It is quite obvious, because the Democrats announced this strategy. And we all know how this place works. I'm sure they worked closely with Ronnie Earle on this strategy.

BLITZER: When is the evidence going to be made available? You say it's coming. When are you going to make that evidence available?

DELAY: When it's timely.

BLITZER: What does that mean?

DELAY: When it's timely.

BLITZER: All right. Well, we'll have to wait and see for that evidence.

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Cracks seen in GOP front on asscrack DeLay
The united front republicans built to support corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay - indicted on a felony conspiracy charge - showed signs of crumbling yesterday, with conservatives threatening a leadership challenge and some moderates saying they don't think DeLay, facing criminal conspiracy charges in Texas, will ever come back to House leadership.

"He's not going away, but he's not the leader," said Rep. Christopher Shays. "I don't think we're in limbo now. With all due respect, he's moving out of his office."

And hopefully into prison.


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A baby tortoise with two heads found some days ago on a river bank. According to scientists who inspected the animal, it seems to be perfectly healthy (REUTERS/Claudia Daut). Oh, and corrupt sleazeball Tom DeLay remains indicted, the slimy little fuck.

Blogger did some weird stuff to my posts yesterday. I hope we have better luck today.


Reporter names source, appears before federal grand jury

Neocon playmate Judy Miller is testifying today after receiving permission from her source, Dick 'Chicanery' Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby. Though the White House had long maintained that they had nothing to do with the leak and that any wrongdoer would be fired, Mr Libby retains his job jump-starting the vice president. Fellow traitors Karl Rove, the WH svengali, and incontinent, crabby douchebag Bob Novak remain free.


Vice president Cheney reacts to news that NY Times reporter Miller may spill the beans.
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In other news
Compassionate conservative Bill 'snake-eyes' Bennett: "you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down."

The number of Iraqi battalions capable of combat without US support has dropped from three to one, the top American commander in Iraq told Congress Thursday.

A judge has ordered the release of pictures of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib despite the WH's claims that they could damage America's image.

Pentagon keeps GIs waiting for body armor reimbursements; "Rumsfeld is violating the law," says Dodd.

Insurgency growing against Karen Hughes' Muslim touchy-feely tour.


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Mwwwwaaaaaa!

Depressed and demoralized White House staffers say working at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is “life in a hellhole” as they try to deal with a sullen, moody President whose temper tantrums drive staffers crying from the room and bring the business of running the country to a halt.

“It’s like working in an insane asylum,” says one White House aide. “People walk around like they’re in a trance. We’re the dance band on the Titanic, playing out our last songs to people who know the ship is sinking and none of us are going to make it.”

Increasing reports from the usually tight-lipped staff of the Bush Administration talk of a West Wing dominated by gallows humor, long faces and a depression that has all but paralyzed daily routines.

- from here.
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Indicted scumbag a "total tool"
Corrupt nutbar Tom DeLay is "a man so unprincipled that not even his allies pretend he stands for anything"

"The imperious Texan is an increasing embarrassment to his party, turning its majority into an undisguised fountain of patronage and an ideological cudgel while skirting the bounds of campaign law."

Yeah, and...?
Heh.


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The Hammer is chickenshit!
Breaking: Tom DeLay to be fingerprinted and photographed.

"I can understand why Tom DeLay wants a quick trial, because politically (the indictment) paralyzes him," attorney Wood said.


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Senate confirms Roberts as Chief Justice
The heros who voted No:

Akaka (HI)
Bayh (IN)
Biden (DE)
Boxer (CA)
Cantwell (WA)
Clinton (NY)
Corzine (NJ)
Dayton (MN)
Durbin (IL)
Feinstein (CA)
Harkin (IA)
Inouye (HI)
Kennedy (MA)
Kerry (MA)
Lautenberg (NJ)
Mikulski (MD)
Obama (IL)
Reed, J. (RI)
Reid, H. (NV)
Sarbanes (MD)
Schumer (NY)
Stabenow (MI)

Final Senate Vote - Accepted by a vote of 78-22:
Republicans 55-0
Demo-rats 22-22
Independent 1 {Jeffords (VT)}

Link.
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And speaking of corrupt republicans....

SEC: Frist "inquiry" upgraded to "investigation"
Rethug pantloads upgraded to "full"

SEP. 28 7:19 P.M.: The Securities and Exchange Commission, which is examining a suspicious stock sale by sanctimonious sniveller Bill Frist, has upgraded its initial informal inquiry to a formal investigation. The change means the agency can issue subpoenas for documents rather than just requesting them, and that the Senate Majority Leader is in big, big trouble. Just like his counterpart in the House, Tom DeLay, indicted ubersleaze scumbag.

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House GOP shaken up after DeLay indictment

It's slamma time! Even as corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay professed his innocence and his lawyers said they hoped to avoid having him handcuffed, fingerprinted and photographed, {Oh please oh please oh please.... Ed.} potential for fresh controversy surfaced.

Records on file with the Federal Election Commission show that Roy Blunt's political action committee has paid roughly $88,000 in fees since 2003 to a consultant facing indictment in Texas in the same case as the indicted, venal flatulent DeLay.

Fun fact: Mr Blunt has been named as one of the 13 most corrupt members of Congress.
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A 2 1/2-week-old baby aardvark sniffs the lens of a television camera Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. The first aardvark to be born at the Omaha, Neb., zoo, is now on display (AP Photo/Nati Harnik). Oh, and Tom DeLay's been indicted.


Conservatives reject Dreier for being "too gay moderate"
Then there's poor Dennis Hastert - first his master is indicted, and now he can't even command the respect of his thug colleagues... Conservatives in the GOP caucus erupted in anger over Denny and indicted vulgarian DeLay's pick of David Dreier as figurehead and placeholder, and elected Roy Blunt of Missouri as their majority leader, replacing indicted scumbag Tom DeLay. Blunt will "share" leadership responsibilities with Dreier, a hypocrite and gay-hating gay man.

F*cked fact: In a sign of the despicable indicted DeLay's confidence he will return, he will keep his majority leader office/freezer full of dead puppies in the Capitol rather than vacate it for Blunt.


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Adding insult to injury to corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay's indictment...
Erstwhile DeLay throwrug Denny Hastert has named gay congressman David Dreier as DeLay's replacement as House Majority Leader. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Except Dreier is virulently anti-gay.

Hey, look - DeLay's been indicted!
Gov. Kathleen Blanco fired back today at incompetent hack Brownie, who did a heckuva job uttering "falsehoods and misleading statements" under oath to Congress.

She said Brown's comment clearly demonstrates what she says is the "appalling degree" to which he's "out of touch with the truth or reality."

Brown had a 'testy' exchange with republican Christopher Shays, who said the Fumbling Fuckwit (no, the other one) failed when compared with how America's former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani acted during 9/11.

Brown retorted: "I guess you want me to be the superhero, to step in there and take everyone out of New Orleans."

"What I wanted you to do is do your job," Shays replied. "Asshat."

Oh, did I mention? Tom DeLay's been indicted! And accused of criminal conspiracy! Mwwwaaaahahahahahahahahaha!


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Tom DeLay indicted!!!!!!!!

Tom DeLay indicted!!!!!!!!!! Tom DeLay indicted!!!!!!!! Tom DeLay indicted!!!!!!!!!!

The glorious linkie-poo.

Study says belief in God may contribute to society's dysfunctions
"The more people believed in God in the western world, the worse off the society was in numerous aspects."

For example, the United States again is the only prosperous democracy where religion is really popular and we're the only nation among prosperous democracies to have really high murder rates.

We also have the highest juvenile mortality rates. We have pretty much the shortest life spans. We have the highest abortion rates among democracies where abortion is legal. We have the highest sexually transmitted disease infection rates. We have the highest teen pregnancy rates, pretty much across the board we have real, serious social issues that other nations don't seem to be suffering from.