Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

It’s Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

The Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson issue is out and they have named Rep. Raúl Grijalva Tucson’s best public servant. Given how, er, less than supportive two of their writers have been in the past, that’s quite a feat.
For some reason, they named John Kromko as the best mischief maker. Given how long its been […]

Apparently there is a poll circulating that shows Nina Trasoff ahead of Fred Ronstadt, and Karen Uhlich slightly ahead of Kathleen Dunbar. I haven’t seen the poll, so its hard to really draw an awful lot from it.
The thing that it confirms to me is what I’ve been saying all along: Uhlich was going […]

Bill Bennett on his radio show this morning:
I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.
(From Media Matters)
Well, the best you can say about the guy […]

Tom DeLay has just been indicted by a grand jury in Travis County, Texas for conspiracy.
I’m not gloating, really.
From the above article, it seems that DeLay’s attorney, Bill White, is a Loudon Wainright III fan.
CNN has a copy of the indictment posted. In it we find out that DeLay’s middle name is Dale, the same […]

Some of you may remember a contraversial hoax back in 1996, when Taco Bell claimed that they had bought the naming rights for the Liberty Bell. It turned out to be a gag, and Taco Bell donated money to a fund that paid for preservation of important historical sites.
Folks breathed a sign of relief when […]

I know all of you are very busy people, so I will summarize Michael Brown’s testimony for you:
It’s all someone else’s fault.
By the way, the big story going around yesterday was that Brown is still on the FEMA payroll as a consultant. At today’s hearing, he was refered to as the “outgoing director” and kept […]

Some of you may remember a while back I wrote a bit on Paul Gourley, the newly elected president of the College National Republican Committee. He was involved in a fundraising scandal. For those who don’t know, Gourley singed off on letters basically bilking elderly contributors. From this, he apparently earned the presidency of the […]

I heard that last week, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke out against a proposed initiative to make judges in our largest counties elected rather than appointed.
So she doesn’t want judges to be elected, but she has no problem having judges decide elections.

A story has been making its way around the liberal portion of the blogosphere that Pres. George W. Bush is back on the sauce. The story originated with an overly dramatic account in the always reputable National Enquirer of Laura Bush walking in on the President while he is about to take a shot. Supposedly […]

I was poking around on Espresso Pundit the other day, and he printed an e-mail that he got from Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa. Johnson was touting the candidacy of Maricopa County School Superintendent Sandra Dowling for Governor. I’m not sure how serious the speculation about Dowling is, here is a snippet from the e-mail that […]

I was sent a link, probably really for my brother, but what the heck, for a web page for a fundraiser by Rep. Pamela Gorman. Gorman is from the conservative Potemkin village of Anthem. You may remember her as the one that defeated Rep. Clancy Jayne last year in a bruising primary. Gorman […]

Nazi-hunter and activist Simon Wiesenthal has died peacefully at his home in Vienna.

I walked for the Democratic City Council ticket yesterday. One person who showed up was a fellow named Jason Williams, who is running for Superintendent of Public Instruction next year.
I’m not sure if the name is a good or bad thing; I guess it depends on which Jason Williams people associate him with. He […]

Remember how Bush was supposed to have some sort of crackerjack staff that knew about how important image was? Well, yesterday they decided that it would be really great to have George W. Bush photographed during an appearance at an oil refinery. Yeah, way to go! Is Michael Moore doing their scheduling now?
Also, it turns […]

Those of you that post comments to this blog will find that I have added a “verification” to the comments section. When you comment, you will now be asked to type a word (really random letters)
I know this will be inconvienient for you, but it seems to be the only practical way to cut down […]

The picture at the right is making the rounds on the Intertron. Okay, I know someone had a great time with Photoshop here, so the picture isn’t literally true. However, I read that Dick Cheney is telling people he made a sacrifice by coming back from vacation four days early. Wow.
There are some truths that […]

Nina Trasoff won the Ward Six Democratic Primary by an impressive 65%-35% margin. Early numbers show that she won the mail-in ballots by a ridiculous fifty points. This made for a rather big hole for Steve Farley to get out of. Despite what a couple of people told me tonight, my quick and dirty math […]

Okay kids, remember that those of you that are registered in mid-town Tucson get to vote in the Ward Six Democratic primary today! As most of you know, I am supporting Nina Trasoff.
If you live in Wards Five or Three, you have a primary too. Only one candidate on the ballot, but come on out […]

Some of us carping little liberals have been carping lately about Michael Brown’s rather thin resume. Now, it turns out that he may have even exagerated and lied about his previous career.
It’s bad enough that his last management experience ended with his getting fired after several threatened lawsuits (he managed an association that ran […]