Thursday July 6th, 2006

No Bars on the Graveyard
Ken Lay died yesterday. Was it yesterday or the day before? This is no news blog, that's for sure. At any rate, Ken Lay, CEO of Enron, found guilty of multiple fraud counts and awaiting sentencing (in October!) died of a heart attack. Conspiracy Moment: Or did he? It was all over the talk radio channels, and so, there you go, that's my political commentary, that we live in a country where the CEO of a corrupt corporation is in the political news. I have that Enron documentary in a Netflix envelope with me now, so I guess I better watch it.

Missiles to the Left of Us...
North Korea launched some missiles. Yesterday one talk radio host was saying this is a time for the left and right to drop their boxing gloves and get together to address this new concern. He went on to applaud Bush's measured words, when El Presidente seemed to be soberly, cautiously considering our next steps, as opposed to Iraq and the 'nuke 'em till they glow' attitude after 9/11. On the other hand, this morning, a different pundit was saying Bush's sobriety was actually cluelessness… there's no profit opportunity for a Halliburton in NK, so why should we worry if they are ready to nuke South Korea and Japan till THEY glow? We'll see. If I were a smart man, I'd compare this situation with the FDR administration, pre-Pearl Harbor. Conspiracy Tremors: What if we're just waiting for NK to nuke someone so we can move in and take over?

Missiles to the Right of Us...
The charges on Rush Limbaugh were dropped, that is, if he had any charges against him at all. You know old Rush; he got caught asking multiple doctors to subscribe him painkillers, and his 18 month probation decreed he'd have the slate wiped clean if he could go the time without getting busted again. And then he gets caught with Viagra prescribed in some else's name. Turns out one doctor prescribed him the peter-pills in another doctor's name so Rush could avoid embarrassment. Okay, I'm a stupid man. Cause I don't see how this could be helpful for the RL. First of all, I am inclined to think his embarrassment is more embarrassing than the pills. As creepy as it was, at least Dole had the cajones to make a commercial for Viagra, telling the world that while he might not have the blood flow to his corpora cavernosa that he once had, he nevertheless enjoys spelunking with Mr. Pharmaceutically-Assisted Happy now and again. Second, isn't getting busted with penis-pills bearing another MAN's name more embarrassing than being found to suffer from something that strikes over 10% of men? And finally, hey, Republican pundit, what ever happened to your personal responsibility ranting? You can't make your wiggle waggle? Don't hide behind someone else's name, foisting the embarrassment into him, take it on yourself. Rush said the charges were dropped because there were no laws broken. Authorities say they dropped the charges because they would not have been able to gather enough evidence to make a case. I say the charges were dropped because Rush is a hypocrite and a weasel and blowhard.