Here he goes again
Doesn’t this guy know that he is walking on thin ice in the U.S.? Authorities are waiting, even perhaps setting traps, to get him where they feel he belongs, behind bars. A lot of people in the U.S., including legal authorities, feel that O.J. [Simpson] has gotten away with murder. Instead of keeping a low profile and [getting] on with his life, he appears to be pursuing the limelight.
Parentsunderground, Parentsunderground.wordpress.com
And the nominee is …
[On President Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general]Instead of picking a fight [Bush] picked a qualified nominee who’s likely to draw bipartisan support.
One cautionary note: Mukasey may be about the best we can expect from this White House, but that doesn’t make him some kind of moderate. He’s a conservative Republican, playing an active role in Rudy Giuliani’s nutty presidential campaign, and Senate Dems need to scrutinize his record carefully. For that matter, the Justice Department, decimated by [Alberto] Gonzales’ corruption and incompetence, still owes lawmakers quite a bit of information about unresolved scandals. Getting cooperation from Mukasey should be an important part of the process.
Thecarpetbaggerreport.com
Short-term non-solution
Just say no.
But they probably won’t. The CTA begrudgingly has already said yes to the last-minute bailout — that will only get [it] through Nov. 4. And [it] probably should to save 39 bus routes and avoid the 25 cent to $1 fare hike.
But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.
I say, keep the pressure on the legislature to hammer out a long-term funding solution by implementing the cuts and raising fares. I realize it’s easy for me to say, since I only use the Red Line (for the most part), and my fare would increase by just $2.50 a week (25 cents a ride with the Chicago Card/Plus).
I suspect the average CTA rider is happy about this, while still being nervous about the other shoe dropping hard on his/her foot. … I guess it beats a sharp stick in the eye.
Kevin, Ctatattler.com
Patriots’ act
[On New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s sideline spying scandal]How can we ever know definitively how good of a coach Bill is and how much he owes to cheating? No one can say for sure that this didn’t help him or make him. The only person who can come close to knowing is Bill Belichick and he didn’t stop videotaping after he was warned by the league. He didn’t skip a game when he knew that his former mentee, [New York Jets coach] Eric Mangini, was on to him. Clearly Belichick thought his videotaping was invaluable and worth the risk.
And let’s say that the Patriots cheating didn’t help them one bit (even though it clearly did). Then wouldn’t Bill Belichick have to be one of history’s biggest morons because he cheated after being repeatedly warned to stop. I used to love Bill Belichick. He was supposed to stand for integrity, hard work, sacrificing for the team, doing things the right way.
Somecheesewiththat, Armchairgm.com
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Kristin Samuelson compiles In Other Words.
