In what can only be described as a "he actually did?!" moment, Governor Perry commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Foster just six hours before he was scheduled to die. As y'all likely know, Foster was sentenced to death under Texas' law of parties statute, allowing him to be sentenced to death despite not being the triggerman in a 1996 murder.
Death penalty opponents hailed the decision, stating their disbelief that Perry was indeed human. With a conscience and everything.
In order to make it look like he wasn't bowing to protesters' requests, Perry cited his problem with trying capital defendants together as the reason behind commuting the sentence. But no one will remember that. They'll just remember the time that the tinman proved he had a heart.
Senator Craig is rumored to be resigning today. You can hear his press conference at the Washington Monument's public restroom. He'll be there between 2 and 4 p.m. today looking for discrete encounters.
Governor Perry has commuted the sentence of Kenneth Foster. I wrote about this a while back. Kenneth was convicted under that 'bystander' rule when a passenger in his car kill't somebody. As you all know, I am not opposed to the death penalty and this case just re-affirms my belief that the system works. Perry did the right thing and for the first time ever during my time in the State of Texas you're about to hear:
You're doing a heckuva job, Rick.
As a follow up to PD's last post, did anyone else catch Robert Black's line regarding the toilets in the governor's mansion?
"They have problems with plumbing right now to where the upstairs toilets overflow once every two weeks at this point."You know, there are certain things that I just don't need to know. But clearly Perry needs to reexamine his diet, increase his fiber content, and cut down on the red meat. Maybe it's Anita - whoever. But clogging the toilets twice a month suggests there might be some issues with the human plumbing, too.
The governor's mansion has better friends than you do. They've raised some money to renovate that piece of shit house that hasn't been updated since God was a boy. Perry's gonna move out for a while so they can fix it up real nice. Texas Weekly has the deets.
Rep. Charles Rangel wants people to know he OWNS the House Ways & Means Committee, and is willing to put up over 64 thousand dollars of his own campaign funds to illustrate that fact. He is hoping that the FEC lets him spend his campaign money on a big ol' portrait of himself to place in the committee hearing room. Well, at least it's his own money to fritter away in such fashion. His money and that of his donors, anyway.
Guess who's back? Yeah, I know it's been eons since I posted here. But I finally found something worthy of my posting . . .
We like our presidential candidates hot and sweaty. Ooh, hot, sweaty and Mormon. He's really the full package, y'all.
Anyone else get the feeling that Sen. Craig's wife wore those huge, Nicole Richie-esque sunglasses to his press conference in order to hide as much of her face as possible?
Picture from cnn.com.
I am finally going on vacay. Mine won't be to Virginia to take care of any babies, though. I'm headed to the coast for relaxation mixed with a little bit of debauchery. I'll be back next Wednesday. In the meantime, plead with Zander, SuperWow!, Bluebonnet and RawHide to entertain you because I'll be entirely too drunk to do so.
Who am I kidding, being drunk has never stopped me from posting before. We may have some fun things to share with you, after all!
Senator "I am not gay" Craig's political career seems to be going down in flames. He's been thrown under the bus by everybody, including the White House. (CNN)
Republican strategists everywhere are asking what could possibly happen next? The Senator Craig sex scandal is just the latest to take the shine off a once starry future for the GOP.
I don't think that scandals are limited to Republicans at all. I just think that they have been in power so long that when there is blood in the water the sharks are coming out and finding everything. I'm not complaining...it certainly is fun to watch. I feel like a Roman at the coliseum.
When I wrote about the death of Leona Helmsley, someone doubted me in my factual statement that that hag was evil. I saw today that she left $12 million to her dog and $0 to her grandkids in her will. From now on, if I tell you someone is an evil bitch how about you just believe me and save us the trouble of me having to point it out later and embarrass you? Would that be ok? Thanks.
Ah, Governor Perry's campaign message rings so true when you see a headline like this one:
Thats how it went down.
Really Michael Vick !?!
When Michael Vick was stopped at an airport with marijuana.
We lurve us some YouTube news!
I kinda think it means you're a pervert, actually, Senator Larry Craig.
US Senator Larry Craig resigned tonight as Senate co-chairman for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, within hours after news broke of Craig's guilty plea to disorderly conduct after an incident in a men's bathroom.and then, there's more...
Roll Call, citing the report, said Sgt. Dave Karsnia made the arrest after an encounter in which he was seated in a stall next to a stall occupied by Craig. Karsnia described Craig tapping his foot, which Karsnia said he "recognized as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct."Damn, that Republican closet is about to be empty, I guess. Maybe what's a real threat to the sanctity of marriage isn't the openly gay men and women in the world, but closeted Republican elected officials. Just sayin'.Roll Call quoted the Aug. 8 police report as saying that Craig had handed the arresting officer a business card that identified him as a member of the Senate.
"What do you think about that?" Craig is alleged to have said, according to the report.
Last fall, Craig called allegations from a gay-rights activist that he's had homosexual relationships "completely ridiculous."
A Smyrna, Tennessee man was busted for using counterfeit $100 bills to buy lap dances at the Deja Vu strip club in Nashville. When the U.S. Secret Service went to his home, the man's campaign manager showed them the evidence.
(Do I really have to tell y'all that the man was not a politician or do you get that I was kidding.)
Like how I added that for all the retards that have started to read this site?
On September 1st over 650 new laws will be in effect. One of those new laws is a law that doubles the cost of a marriage license. I don't know about yall, but I think that paying double for a marriage license will probably not decrease divorces. Doesn't make much sense to me but whatever. The bill was filed by Rep. Chisum and sponsored in the Senate by Senator Estes (yes he does work! I was surprised, too) Take advantage of the low price this week.
Check out the list of other bills in the Chron.
What other items could we come up with to protect the sanctity of marriage? No gays. Check. Less accessibility to a license. Check. Government coming in to confirm missionary position sexual intercourse? BINGO! We have a winner! Pick up your prize at the next legislative session with Representative Chisum and his band of marriage Nazis!
That's what Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary Clinton at a recent performance as he hoisted two machine guns over his head. Doesn't Governor Perry have some classy friends?
See the clip in the permalink.
I think that's the most often thing I heard my Mom say when I was growing up. These days you can pre-order all the school supplies online. Ha! I remember the first day of school was dreaded and looked forward to at the same time. I hope all you parents are ready! It's another year of sub-standard public education in Texas! I'm so excited! I can't wait to find out how many kids don't finish the year!
The Teen Miss USA pageant was the home of the display of our most beautiful teen girls...and our most stupid. Miss South Carolina could have answered this question better if she'd just taken a dump on the stage. Watch the goodness. I see a future job at the TEA for her!
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned his position among a growing realization by everyone that he was completely incompetent and even a little sketchy.
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