Gratuitous entry

This is for my reader, or readers if you count both JD and JM, who are tired of looking at the SOP (Same Old Post).

In the news this week:

Lay and Skilling were found guilty of a whole bunch of white collar crimes that led to the implosion of Enron and lot of people losing a lot of money and then the passage of Sarbanes-Oaxley which in turn created a huge unnecessary burden on American business and made us significantly less competitive with the rest of the world. On Lay's exit from the courts he played the god card just about has hard as you can. Oh, he must be innocent because he's a god fearing good hearted Christian. He knows how to play the bible huggers like a republican. That was a PR move, next you'll see a boat load of appeals coming from Lay's legal team to keep him out of jail in long as possible. Rat-weasel-scumbag-slimeball.

Congress is PISSED about the Jefferson affair. No one gives a hoot about Jefferson who seems guilty as sin, but both republicans and democrats are irate that one of their own was raided by the FBI. You see there is are these things called separation of powers, checks and balances, and there is this duty called oversight that Congress is supposed to be able to apply to the other two branches of government since they do in fact represent you and me. When the Judicial and Executive branch have the prerogative to march into Congress' living room and steal their books and furniture, it kind of puts a damper on their ability to provide oversight without fear of being bullied or threatened. Congress was already none to happy with this President who has been robust in claiming more executive power, thus eroding the power of Congress. Among the list of offenses; Unauthorized wiretapping of Americans (only 2 or 3 Congressmen were told), flouting FISA, adding signing comments to congressional legislation (that essentially say as President I can interpret this bill however I want to or ignore it if I see fit). So Congress was already pissed with this guy on both sides of the aisle, and the fact that he's none too popular means the republicans aren't holding back. They will lead the charge on this Jefferson affair. They will demand any ceased documents be returned. They will pass a law saying warrants can not be issued against congressmen for collecting documents in the future. The law will be based on a similar statute they passed preventing warrants for collecting journalists work notes. And, while not likely, they may even impeach Gonzalez and the judge who issued the warrant. It would certainly be in their right to do so. Congress certainly needs to stand up and demonstrate that they are not a rubber stamp and they can not be an ignored branch of government in order to preserve their ability to do their job.

Magidiot (pronounced Majidiot), David Blaine, has possibly suffered liver and brain damage from stupid stunts.