AP has reported the following:
“President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case. Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.”
Watch the Republican Prez candidates back away even further from the Bush Administration.
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UPDATED 7-3: THIS JUST IN…It has been announced that Scooter Libby will indeed go to jail since, as it turned out, Bush commuted the sentence in error: He thought he was guaranteeing no jail time for Phil Rizzuto.
UPDATED 7-4: Well, I have to admit, I underestimated the GOP candidates. Thus far, to my knowledge, they’ve lined up behind Bush. In fact, amazingly, they’re even managing to blame Bill Clinton. “Hey, Clinton pardoned people who the public thought shouldn’t have been, so why shouldn’t Bush?” The obvious answer is that because Bush set himself up as being morally superior to Clinton.
It seems that the GOP candidates are simply without shame. Or perhaps they want to preserve the option of extending clemency to their own people when they commit crimes.
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…who is more likely to survive the zombie apocalypse–Dennis Kucinich, unarmed in his prius or Ted Nugent, his Hummer stocked with semi-automatics?
Well, when Ted’s gas-sucking Hummer runs out of fuel in the flatlands of the Midwest, he’s gonna start running low on ammo eventually. Besides, one of the interesting facts I’ve picked up from stories surrounding the DUI bust of Al Gore III is that while the Prius is speed-limited to 103 (in order to avoid draining the batteries too quickly), the Hummer H2 and H3 have a top speed of about 88 mph, so Dennis can run away faster… 🙂
“witches they were persecuted,
Wicca good and love the earth
and women power, and I’ll be over here…”
I get the impression that you don’t like witches (persons of witchiness). Any other creatures/supernatural entities that need discussing? Because this Mike-discussion (Mikscussion?) is probably the craziest of all Mike-discussions ever, and that’s saying a lot.
I saw X3 again on TV last night. Still OK but somewhat disappointing. Saw that bit at the end I missed the first time. What an annoying way to get you to watch the credits. I could have lived without it.
Saw the classic 1968 Romeo and Juliet this afternoon. Still great. Good script.
“witches they were persecuted,
Wicca good and love the earth
and women power, and I’ll be over here…”
Buffy, Season #6 “Once More with Feeling”
The song: “I’ve got a Theory/Bunnies/If We’re Together” Track 2 on the CD
The sheepish look on Xander’s face when Willow and Tara glared at him (for the first part of the verse) was great
“It could be witches, some evil witches…which is ridiculous because…”
Oh, and before I forget, I just got back from the theater…
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND GO SEE TRANSFORMERS NOW!!!!
I was pleasantly surprised to see it was actually great rather than a crapfest with good special effects.
“First, Cheney is old and has heart condition, he is not fit to face zombies.”
Micha, first time I read that, I did so more quickly than I should, and I thought you were saying our beloved vice president has a face LIKE a zombie. But, upon further reflection, I realized how silly that’d be. Most pre-blunt-force or missile-weapon zombies are much more animated facially, not to mention easier to reason with and generally understand.
As far as moving on to witches and those of the magick inclination, most of the pagans I know have enough bladed weapons to film the sequel to Braveheart and Highlander 5: Oh, Good God, Let The Series DIE! One even has a bat’telh hanging on his wall. And he’s a bartender. House full of blades, free flowing booze–not as dangerous as you might think, as long as you don’t get on his bad side. Then he’ll just send you nasty e-mails and try to crash your server. So, go for witches with a modicum of caution, people.