Perfect College Sinners

I don't know whether this documentary is real or not, but if it is it may be the finest documentary since Murderball.

I'm gonna have to watch this as it looks like the Republicans version of Girls Gone Wild, without knowing there were actually cameras around. Now I have no idea whether it is true or not, but if it is, fuckin a.

Thank you to the Great Silent Moral Majority:

(Picture blatantly taken from Matt Drudge, of this little site "Drudgereport.com")

Now, this story is really really amazing to me on quite a few levels...

Idaho senator fined for lewd behavior at Minneapolis airport.

Now then... Where to begin on this one...

Well, lets start with some background...

I may have mentioned that part of my background was actually working on Capitol Hill for quite a few years (nothing special about that in the DC area, as EVERYONE seems to have had some connection to it at some point). I like to joke with people that the "Terrahists" tried twice to kill me (was in basement of Capitol during 9/11 for a meeting and worked basically next door to the "Daschle" anthrax delivery), so I'm freakin invincible and all...

But I digress...

Now, the biggest thing to me in this whole mess of Senator Craig's career, is that his sexuality was always one of those things that a significant amount of us "Hill Folk" understood to have been, pliable, at the very least... Not that how a person gets their rocks off is anything for me or anyone to judge (provided it is legal in more states than West Virginia), but the man is also part of that great supposed moral majority (we call it the GOP) that feels it is their job, nay, their DUTY to stop these "Evil Lifestyles" that people "Choose" to be a part of.

I just find it amazing that these stories continue to surface about these hypocrites and yet they are still able to captivate those bible thumping, anti-gay every election with promises of buying into this hate speech. There is a reason this country is secular and its laws governed by a supposed sense of free thinking, rather then the fundamentalist nonsense of these unfortunate voters...

Anyway, the REAL reason I had to write about Senator Craig, was that his office was actually next door to mine back in the day... After all, its all about me anyway, so deal.

20 Million bucks???

ok ok, I must admit, I'm part of the camp that was not overly shocked by what Mr. Don Imus said on his last fateful program about the Women's basketball team at Rutgers U.

In fact, I was more shocked by the reaction to it. Especially by hypocrites in the wind Rev Sharpton and Prez hopeful Senator Obama, who both gladly accept money from members of the hip-hop community that tend to say much worse things about members of the opposite sex, as well as that loaded "N" word that gets people so worked up (for good reason mind you, when used in certain ways).

But, hypocrisy runs rampant in this media driven Corporate Aristocracy we all live in, so I suppose I shouldn't be all that surprised by those cowards actions, or of the sweet book deal Coach Stringer of Rutgers got after her "horrible ordeal".

Was what Imus did right? Well, in the eyes of our nation's founding principles, it was certainly not illegal, but sure, it probably blurred some lines of polite conversation, but that was NOT his job. He's labelled a "Shock Jock" for a reason. He is no Howard Stern when it comes to morality, or just outright shock value, but he may say some things that are not always popular.

Well anyway, today it will be announced (shortly) that Imus has settled his differences with CBS for a cool 20 Million dollars... Why it had to come to this, I'll still never know, but I have to admit that I'm glad the corporate censor machine was not able to silence this guy like it has tried to do other folks that may not share its infinite wisdom (re: Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, etc).

Hell, I don't even enjoy the guys show (and really don't understand why anyone would), but at least he does some good for the world with his ranch for the sick kids.

And he's no Rush, which is always a bonus...