Robbery Suspect Shape-Shifts To Elude Capture

…Goat Arrested!

Vigilantes in Nigeria captured and handed over to police a goat they claim is a shape-shifting armed robber. Police are holding the goat pending an investigation. No, I didn’t make that up. Check it out.

I bet Sarah Palin and her anti-witchcraft minister are flying there now to force a confession from the body-changing, goateed suspect. Bible in hand, Sarah and her minister will provide a laying on of the hands guaranteed to convert said horned, cloven-hoofed creature into a loyal, repentant follower of Sarah's chosen religion. After the ceremony, Sarah will invite the audience to join her for a fund-raising, pass-the-hat, shoot the goat, light the fire, BBQ goat feast.

Republicans Upset With President's Stimulus Plans

…decide to throw tearful tantrums and wet their diapers

Rather than the spirit of cooperation promised (we should know by now not to trust the Republican Party to keep their promises), pathetic Republicans and their apologists have launched a thumb-sucking, blanket clinging, diaper wetting folly complaining about President Obama’s proposed economic stimulus plan.

After over-seeing, controlling and aiding the criminal, anti-Constitutional, anti-civil liberties, selfish, secretive, governmental incompetent eight years of Bush’s administration, these Republican Bush co-conspirators have no standing. Their way of governing, their economic ideas, their plan for the future of America failed. Epic failure, even. Just shut up and sit down already.

When Republicans had the power, they were busy squandering a budget surplus, destroying American jobs and industry, looting the Treasury to feed the greed of Wall Street cronies and fat-cats in the dirty energy business and military-industrial complex with illegal and unjustified war in Iraq killing millions including more than 4,000 American troops for oil and profit. So the current childish lamentations coming from Republicans and their mouthpieces amounts to nothing helpful, nothing constructive. No surprise. It’s just sore loser crybabies tossing poop from their cribs.

President Obama's Ethics Exception

…a very bad idea

1. President Obama signs far-reaching, excellent Executive Order (EO) prohibiting current and future administration officials from leaving office then turning around to lobby on issues of their expertise.

2. His nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense, William J. Lynn III, violates said EO.

3. When confronted with the fact that Lynn did not meet his EO anti-lobby ethics standards, President Obama issues “waiver to the rule.” Rethink that, Mr. President, if you are truly serious about ethics reform.

Either you have ethics rules in place and follow them, or you don’t. Making exceptions or ‘waivers’ to the rule is, to me, no different than Bush and Cheney making exceptions to the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Geneva Convention and a plethora of U. S. domestic laws.

Am I missing something here?

President Obama should withdraw both the ‘waiver’ and Lynn’s nomination. Anything short of that emits the odorous stench of foul hypocrisy.

Bush's Executive Order 13233

…rescinded by Obama

On his first day in office, President Obama made null and void Bush’s EO 13233—the order used by Bush/Cheney to shield their White House records from scrutiny by invoking executive privilege. President Obama’s EO amended the Presidential Records Act removing the veto powers given to current and past presidents to block release of presidential records, records which rightfully belong to the American people.

Obama said, "Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I or a former President wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the White House Counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. Information will not be withheld just because I say so. It will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well grounded in the Constitution."

Rule of Law? Constitution? Refreshing after eight years of Bush lawlessness.

Texas Pro-Creationist Amendment

…properly defeated

Several votes on this subject in Texas will occur all year but the first of several amendments ordering the inclusion of Middle-Eastern Biblical creationism (often incorrectly referred to as intelligent design) in Texas biology curriculum has been defeated by a coalition of six Democrats and two Republicans. Good. May the remaining attempts to weaken science in the classroom also be defeated. Now, let’s get on with keeping religion out of science classes in public schools and government out of religious teachings. Wonder how much trouble Middle-Eastern clerics and their followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam would have with government mandating what was taught in their religious services, rituals and schools?

It's Official

Obama, the 44th American President