Let's meet Trent Lott. He's a powerful Republican Congressman from Mississippi. So powerful in fact that he's the "Republican Whip."  An honest man.  Married.  Children.  From the south.  Conservative.  Family values.  In a rather unusual, and stunning political maneuver, this powerful man of congress suddenly announces that he's leaving congress.  "Out of the blue.  Quitting.  Adiós.  Goodbye.  That's strange.  But wait . . . remember Larry Flynt going public a few months back saying he was going "out" another hypocritical politician?  A really powerful man, holding high office, living a lie and being hypocrite?  Mmmmmm.  Is Trent Lott the next GOP religious bigot to get nailed? Is he gay?????  Gasp!  No.  Not Trent Lott!  Say it's not true.  Let's plunge deep into this backside of this gay rumor and see if we can find some shit.

Yes . . . the rumors are flying.  First of all, Trent Lott's first name is "Chester."  I shit you not!  He goes by his middle name "Trent." We all know we have to keep an eye on anybody name Chester.    Here's one story and a picture of the high-priced pretty boy which Trent Lott "allegedly" paid to fuck him deep, hard, and fast.  Get that story here. 

 

High-priced pretty boy, aka Benjamin Nicholas, recently went public and stated, “Here’s my public comment, on-the-record: Sen. Lott and I have no current affiliation with one another. I’m sure he would appreciate no further scrutiny” You can get that story here.  The emphasis on "current" is mine -- I find the wording of his statement amusing and damning.

I'll betch a dollar that Larry Flynt is laughing his ass off.

 

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The White House has gone on the record stating presidential hopeful Barack Obama won't be the next president of the United States: Obama is intellectually "capable" of the job, the official says, but he relies too much on easy charm.  "It's sort of like, 'That's all I need to get by,' which bespeaks sort of a condescending attitude towards the voters ... and a laziness, an intellectual laziness."

Ahem . . .cough . . . snort . . . choke . . .  chuckle . . . BLOW JOB!   BLOW JOB!

The White House might actually be correct in their assessment of Senator Obama.  However, the nation can't help but notice the obvious irony in this.  There has been NO PRESIDENT who has relied MORE on his "easy charm" and is TOTALLY INTELLECTUALLY LAZY then George W. Bush.  The ironies of life -- courtesy of our White House.

You know you've hit bottom when you beg police to drag you out to the forest and shoot you in the head.  Such is the case with democratic Tennessee lawmaker Bob Riley -- who is the House Judiciary Chairman.  He was arrested for vandalism, speeding, and a DUI.  He's entered rehab for the second time.  His career melt-down was captured on film.
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10. Felt he wasn't incompetent enough for the Bush administration
9. Secretly ordered himself to fire himself
8. Was offered the John Travolta role in the touring production of "Hairspray"
7. Trying his hand at failing miserably in the private sector
6. Didn't want to be around for transition to the Kucinich administration
5. Instead of terrorism, trying to keep Lindsay and Paris off the streets
4. Got a sweet new job at Kinko's
3. Letterman has a guy making a sand sculpture of Biff Henderson
2. Ran out of laws to circumvent
1. Why not go out on top?

Republican Senator Larry Craig, 62, from Idaho craves a delicious dickhead every now and then.  He has plead guilty to charges of misdemeanor disorderly conduct after police witnessed him engaging in lewd behavior in the mens restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.  Here's what happened: Senator Craig entered the mens restroom and lingered outside a stall occupied by a plainclothes police officer.  Unknown to Senator Craig, police were at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport conducting sting operations to investigate allegations of lewd conduct at the airport's main terminal.

Senator Craig kept watching an undercover police officer through the crack created by the hinges in the stall.  Now feeling horny and invincible he entered the next-door stall and placed his luggage against the opening under the stall door.  Gay men use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall.  He then tapped his foot against the officer's foot and put his hand under the divider separating the two men.  This is the common signal that a man wants to have sex.  The police officer reported "At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area."  The report said Craig swiped his hand beneath the stall divider several times, and the undercover police office flashed his police identification under the stall.  "With my left hand near the floor, I pointed towards the exit," the report said. "Craig responded, 'No!' I again pointed towards the exit. Craig exited the stall with his roller bags without flushing the toilet. ... Craig said he would not go. I told Craig that he was under arrest, he had to go, and that I didn't want to make a scene. Craig then left the restroom."

During the booking process Senator Craig handed his Senate business card to the police officer and said, "What do you think about that?"  He was detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed, photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a formal complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly conduct.

Because Senator Craig pleaded guilty to a crime, the incident may be reviewed by the Senate ethics committee, chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif).

Back in 1982, Senator Craig denied rumors that he was under investigation as part of a federal probe into allegations that lawmakers on Capitol Hill had sexual relationships with congressional pages, saying the "false allegations" made him "mad as hell."  Then in 2006, a gay activist blogger said he had spoken with men who had sexual encounters with Senator Craig, including in the restrooms at Union Station.  You can find that information here.   His voting record has earned him top ratings from social conservative groups such as the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America and the Family Research Council.  He supports a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, telling his colleagues that it was "important for us to stand up now and protect traditional marriage, which is under attack by a few unelected judges and litigious activists."  In 1996, he also voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages and prevents states from being forced to recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples legally performed in other states.  He has also opposed expanding the federal hate crimes law to cover offenses motivated by anti-gay bias and, in 1996, voted against a bill that would have outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, which failed by a single vote in the Senate.  He is a strong advocate for the rights of gun owners. He has a close association with the National Rifle Association and at one time sat on its board of directors.

Senator Craig has resigned as the U.S. Senate co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Craig served as co-chair with Robert Bennett of Utah.  Senator Craig is married with three grown children and nine grandchildren.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is saying that he plans to buy 5,000 Dragunov sniper rifles from Russia to protect the oil-rich nation from a U.S. invasion.  He is an open critic of Washington DC who has bolstered the OPEC nation’s weaponry by buying planes, helicopters and assault rifles from Russia to prepare for a guerrilla-style resistance to a U.S. invasion.  "I’m going to buy 5,000 Dragunov rifles from Russia . . . with telescopic sight, the best in the world, with infrared night view," Chavez said during his weekly broadcast held on a beach along Venezuela’s eastern coast. "We will knock out any imperialist that approaches."  The U.S. has cut arms sales to Venezuela and blocked several attempts by Chavez to acquire military aircraft technology on the grounds that Venezuela has not adequately explained why it needs the equipment.  U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Hemispheric Affairs Stephen Johnson said during a recent visit to Colombia that countries in the region should be concerned about Venezuela’s multibillion-dollar weapons purchases.  Venezuela has purchased 24 Sukhoi fighters jets and 100,000 Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles from Russia, and is currently negotiating the purchase of submarines.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned.  Good!  Here are some facts about him. 

- He was touted by the administration as an American success story. The son of migrant workers, he was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1955 and grew up in a two-bedroom house in Texas with his parents and seven siblings.

- His family spoke English at home, so although he has an understanding of Spanish, he is not comfortable speaking Spanish in public.

- After attending the Air Force Academy, he received his undergraduate degree from Rice University and studied law at Harvard University.

- He worked as a corporate attorney for a Houston law firm before being named general counsel to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

- He served as secretary of state of Texas from 1997-1999 and was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 1999.

- After Bush won his first term as president, Gonzales was named White House counsel in January 2001, holding that job until becoming attorney general in February 2005.

- He eventually won confirmation as the 80th attorney general but he squeaked through with the second highest number of "no" votes ever for a successful nominee for the post.

- The battle over Gonzales' suitability as attorney general focused largely on an August 1, 2002, memo he approved that stated that only the most severe types of torture were not permissible under U.S. and international agreements. The memo was withdrawn and rewritten after a public outcry.

- Gonzales was criticized for writing in January 2002 that parts of the half-century-old Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war were "obsolete" and some provisions were "quaint." 

-  He was criticized for Bush's warrantless domestic spying program adopted after the September 11 attacks. In January he reversed himself and said the program would be subject to court approval.

- Gonzales was at the center of a political firestorm for Bush over the dismissals of eight federal prosecutors, which critics in Congress complained were politically motivated. 

- Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress called for Gonzales to quit. In a hearing in July Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said Gonzales had "lost the confidence of the Congress and the American people" while Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania told him, "I don't trust you."
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Another great "top 10" from David Letterman on August 20 Late Show, "Top Ten Good Things About Marrying Into the Bush Family."

10. Great deals on Fallujah honeymoon
9. You'll inherit President Bush's extensive collection of Chuck Norris memorabilia
8. It's a good bet the wedding reception will have an open bar
7. Might see Cheney shoot an old guy -- still a reference, folks
6. Learning from Grandma Barbara how to spit chaw
5. Every Wednesday is Taco Night
4. What could be more fascinating than learning what makes Jeb tick?
3. If half the family hates you, you still have better approval rating than George Bush
2. W. can lend you the "Mission Accomplished" banner to put up in the bedroom
1. Little chance you'll be the dumbest guy in the family

 

National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell exposed classified details of government surveillance and of a secretive court.  His comments -- made in an interview with the El Paso Times -- raised eyebrows for discussing classified eavesdropping work conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA.  Here is what he exposed:

 

- The private sector assisted with President Bush's warrantless surveillance program.  AT&T, Verizon and other telecommunications companies are being sued for their cooperation.

- New details on court rulings handed down by the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which approves classified eavesdropping operations and whose proceedings are almost always entirely secret. He exposed a secret court ruling that went into effect May 31 requiring the government to get court warrants to monitor communications between two foreigners if the conversation travels on a wire in the U.S. network.  Millions of calls each day do, because of the robust nature of the U.S. systems.

- It takes 200 hours to assemble a FISA warrant on a single telephone number.

- Revealed that fewer than 100 people inside the United States are monitored under FISA warrants. However, thousands of people overseas are monitored.

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Congressman Bob Filner, a California Democrat representing the San Diego precinct, was charged with assault Monday after an altercation Sunday night at Dulles Airport.  The Congressman assaulted an airline worker after becoming upset that his luggage had not arrived at a baggage carousel.   Filner, on his way to Iraq, is said to have entered an employees-only area at the airport and pushed an employee, who later decided to file charges. Filner has been ordered to appear in court October 1st.
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Five Democratic Congressman were arrested by the U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division while protesting at the Sudanese embassy in Washington DC.

 

John Stewart did a hilarious bit on this question.

1. Abraham Lincoln - “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”

2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

3. George Washington - “The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.”

4. Thomas Jefferson - “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. . . the Almighty has no attribute that can take side with us in such a contest.”

5. Theodore Roosevelt - “No Man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expedience.”

6. Andrew Jackson - “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.”
 
7. Woodrow Wilson - “The history of liberty is a history of the limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.”

8. Harry S. Truman - “When even one American - who has done nothing wrong — is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all of Americans are in peril.” 

9. James K. Polk -“No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.” 

10. Dwight Eisenhower - “Every gun that is made, every warship that is launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed”

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Vice President Dick Cheney is a staunch defender of the U.S. invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, but a 1994 video shows he opposed that very move after the liberation of Kuwait, saying it would land America in a "quagmire.” In an April 15, 1994 interview  Cheney said he did not think U.S. or U.N. forces should have moved into Baghdad in 1991, stating, "Because if we'd gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. There wouldn't have been anybody else with us. There would have been a U.S. occupation of Iraq. None of the Arab forces that were willing to fight with us in Kuwait were willing to invade Iraq. Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? "That's a very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off: part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west, part of it - eastern Iraq - the Iranians would like to claim, they fought over it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey, then you threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey. It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq. The other thing was casualties. Everyone was impressed with the fact we were able to do our job with as few casualties as we had. But for the 146 Americans killed in action, and for their families - it wasn't a cheap war. And the question for the president, in terms of whether or not we went on to Baghdad, took additional casualties in an effort to get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth?

A recent opinion survey showed that 58 percent of Iranians would support a foreign invasion to overthrow the current religious dictatorship. However, nearly 70 percent would prefer a popular, but non-violent, revolution, like the one that tossed out European communist dictatorships in 1989-90. Worse, 92 percent do not approve of how their government operates. Only eleven percent oppose democracy, and 72 percent did not support the "Islamic Revolution" that has dominated the country for 28 years. Still, most Iranians are not willing to fight, knowing that the minority of Iranians who do support the government are armed and willing to kill Iranians that oppose them. The survey also showed that 78 percent of Iranians believe the country should have nuclear power, but only 46 percent believed they should have nuclear weapons. Interestingly, 52 percent believed that Western Europe would accept Iran having nuclear power. People are not happy with the government foreign policy, with 60 percent opposing support of Hizbollah, 56 percent oppose support for Hamas, and 70 percent oppose the destruction of Israel. Source

Jon Stewart is mostly funny, and sometimes accurate.  Is always refreshing to see a comedian give their "spin" on politicians, especially if the politician can't talk without sticking his foot in his mouth, or can't communicate very well in general. In other words, a comedy piece on President Bush is almost too easy.  But Jon Stewart did do a good one on Bush.

Let's go over a few items of interest about the war in Iraq.  The troops are getting worn out.  Many of them are on their second and third tour in the theater. It's straining the families, the marriages, and the military units.  It's also become anti-Bush fodder for the democrats.  Democrats on Saturday touted legislation to guarantee troops time at home between deployments to Iraq.  Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher from California said, "The president's surge has sent many of our Army units to Iraq for the second and third time. We are asking our troops to make heroic sacrifices yet as soon as they return we rush them back into battle." The new law would require that regular military units returning from the war receive at least as much time at home as they spent in Iraq. Reserve units would get a home stay three times as long as they spent in the war zone.

How worn out are the troops?  The Army is having such a hard time recruiting new troops, and an equally difficult time keep them more than two or three years.  It's so bad that President Bush's "War Tsar" is advising the President to consider implementing the draft. Are you ready to get drafted and go to Iraq?  Do you want your sons to be drafted?  But . . . rest assured that the President's daughters, and the children of powerful politicians won't be drafted.  They'll be safe and sound drinking, partying, and writing books with mom.

But, is it getting any safer in Iraq? A powerful roadside bomb on Saturday killed the governor and police chief of a southern province that has seen fierce internal fighting between Shiite factions. The bomb struck a convoy carrying the Khalil Jalil Hamza, the governor of the Qadisiyah province, and the provincial police chief home from a funeral service for a tribal sheik.

Aren't we over-stating how bad it is? A car bomb struck a market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens of citizens. The blast tore through the stalls as the market was packed with afternoon shoppers buying vegetables and household goods in a predominantly Kurdish area.  South of Baghdad, a US helicopter was forced down, leaving two soldiers injured. 

Is there anything good to report?  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is in Iraq and he says, "I am pleased to see firsthand ... the progress that the men and women of the Justice Department have made to rebuild Iraq's legal system and law enforcement infrastructure."  Do you believe him? I don't!

So. . .what is President Bush doing right now about this?  He's on vacation!  Yes, he really is - -again!  He's in Kennebunkport, Maine, having a "sit-down" with  French President Nicolas Sarkozy. President Bush is on track to become the most vacationed president in history!  And that's a wrap.

The Chinese government has begun a campaign of economic threats against the US, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation.  Two Chinese officials have given interviews in recent days warning that Beijing may use its $1.33 trillion of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the Congress.  Described as China's "nuclear option" such action could trigger a dollar crash at a time when our currency is already breaking down.  It would also cause a spike in bond yields, hammering the housing market and could tip the economy into recession. It is estimated that China holds over $900 billion in US bonds.

 

China has 900 billion of our dollars? Wow! But my friends, never fear!  President Bush is in charge and when he hears of this (though rumor has it he never  listens to anybody) he'll appoint an "Economy Tzar" or a "Chinese Threat Tzar," hold a press conference blaming this on all the Americans who aren't supporting America's war effort, and then chopper off to Camp David for a few weeks of R & R.

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Florida State Representative Bob Allen, Co-Chairman of McCain's Florida campaign organization, has been arrested for soliciting an undercover officer with 20 dollars if he would be so kind as to give him a blow job. In an interesting twist of "legal defense," Bob allen is now claiming fear of "stocky black guys" as his defense for his arrest.  In other words, Bob Allen walked into a public restroom, sees a "stocky black guy" and becomes so scared . . . that he wants a blow job!  Folks, you just can't make this stuff up!

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