Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Dollar Bill in jail

William "Dollar Bill" "Cold Cash" Jefferson just got indicted for bribery. Well, that's big news, considering he's only the millionth corrupt politician from New Orleans. Having been there, I can tell you, it's something whose existence treated with a sense of resignation, just like Sisyphus pushing his boulder up the hill, taxes, and Howie Mandel. Then again, that list might not be correct: the rich generally don't pay all their taxes, because they hate America and love only money. So, next time you see a "Support the Troops" sticker on a Hummer, just toss an egg at them. They had it coming, I assure you.

At this point, I believe that Nancy Pelosi should just have the man expelled as soon as possible. I would imagine she wants to, and she should. That sets an example that the GOP would hopefully follow for their crooked scumbags, like Rick Renzi, Jerry Lewis (not the Dean Martin one) and John Doolittle, my used-to-be-Congressman. Of course, Republicans would never follow suit. Remember Reagan's 11th Commandment? Never say anything negative about anyone, unless you're talking about a Democrat? It was something like that.

The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.