January 2005
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), on the floor of the US Senate, January 6, 2005
Boxer: “…the centerpiece of this country is democracy and the centerpiece of democracy is ensuring the right to vote. Our people are dying all over the world to bring democracy to the far corners of the world. Let’s fix it here. “And besides, a bunch of us think George W. Bush is a real poopie head. And I owe it to the people of my state to fight poopie headedness
Andrea Yates convictions overturned for drowning three of her kids
From MSNBC: An appeals court on Thursday overturned the capital murder convictions of Andrea Yates, ruling that a prosecution witness gave false testimony that may have influenced the jury that convicted her in the drowning deaths of three of her five children. The ruling by the 1st Court of Appeals returns the case back to the trial court for a new trial. The court based its reversal on false testimony
Happy First Birthday, Satch!
My son turns 1 today. My, how the time flies… ***** The “my son turns 1 today” poem for S*tchel Tonight when you dream you’ll picture the candle on your birthday cake – instead of the nothingness you dreamt while you were still zero.
Senator Barbara Boxer to US electorate: “Screw you.”
From FOXNews: Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., will contest the results of the Electoral College that will give President Bush a second term. A joint session of Congress is set to meet on the matter at 1 p.m. EST Thursday. Boxer’s decision follows a similar one by several Democratic House members. With Boxer’s challenge, congressional rules stipulate that senators and representatives must recess to their respective chambers to debate certification. The
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, new year’s eve retrospective
The best way to get a beet drunk is to let it age in the fridge, where it’s natural sugars will ferment, creating a mellow and completely organic beet high. Whereas, say, poking it with a fork and leaving it in your dresser at the bottom of a bottle of Peach Schnapps is only going to piss it off. At which point it could hatch a scheme to lay low
The “yet another reason to look at Margaret Cho and go, ‘um, what the fuck…?‘“ post
How could I hope to be myself, with my uncomplicated child’s face and funny monkey mind when I could never live in the dream world presented to me on the screen? Nobody understands this, when I express it, because there are sci- fi and fantasy films all over the place, and most people don’t come away from “Battlefield Earth” thinking, “Am I here?” We don’t see Asians in film unless
‘Mohammed’ enters top boys’ names in Britain
Whereas ‘Jeeves’? Didn’t even place. Which, if you believe your New Testament, means the sun will soon turn to blood and the dead will walk the earth. In Argyle sweaters. And bowler hats. And carrying those stupid ivory-trimmed walking sticks.*
If instead of a dead old kleptocrat surrounded by a legion of horny, circumcised demons, Yassir Arafat were a Knight of the Round Table
Arafat: “Mmmm. That Lancelot sure can fill out some chainmail, can’t he? And oh! How he smites…!”