It's the Five Ring Circus o'Scandal!!

Let's start with some new Mark Foley material - he didn't just flirt with boys online, he DID THE NASTY with them. I can promise you. Read here, here and here and see what you think. That last one carries an explicit content/language warning from the Divo.

Hereis a fun little rant about what we CAN count on Republicans for. Don't take it personally if you're a Republican kind of person; if the Demos had had power for the last fourteen years, I'm sure that they would be in the same boat.

Here you can have a look at different quotes from today's new media about the developing Foley scandal (which is like riding my favorite roller coaster - every few hours, something else juicy and delicious is coming out of GOP scandal-land!) It seems that the "liberal media" may have found some of its bark again.

This article suggests that the House Leaderships' conscious indifference to Mark Foley's pursuit of young boys wasn't endemic to the Congress. We can read Condi's ongoing defenses of her refusal to listen, act, react or anticipate when it was HER JOB TO DO SO. If she had acted in the same way during the Cold War, and half our cities were radioactive dust, would these excuses have seemed reasonable?

Perhaps the most conservative newspaper in the country (and one owned by Rev. Moon) calls for Hastert's resignation.

Here is someone else who posted what occured to me last night - are they KIDDING? They didn't want to upset gay folks? What about that whole anti-gay amendment, and "Don't ask/don't tell," and opposition to hate crime legislation?

This one's a shocker. One of the most conservative pundits around says the GOP is unworthy of leading or running this nation. Really.

Herewe find proof that Bob Woodward is telling the truth when he reveals in his latest book that Condi, Rummy and Ashcroft were WARNED IN DETAIL that Al Queda was about to attack, probably the US on its soil in July 2001 and DID NOTHING.

Here we have Rick Santorum whining about an "unfair" political ad in which a veteran uses an AK-47 and shoots up the body armor with which our soldiers were equipped in Iraq. Then, he shoots up a modern body armor mannequin, and .. nothing happens to it. "Rick Santorum voted against me having this body armor. Now it's time for us to vote against him." The Philly newspaper investigates and finds that the ad is based on FACT.

HereMolly Ivins endorses Chris Bell for Governor of Texas in her inimitable style, and asks that we elect him for "Annie's sake."

Hereis a wild ride story - the writing of a NYT reporter who was on the Embraer Legacy business jet that seems to have collided with a GOL 737-800 in mid-air over the Brasilian Amazon, with a loss to all aboard the GOL jet.

Remember when I said that this Foley scandal was a wild ride? Well, now Hastert has laid the blame at the feet of the Democrats and the KIDS WHO WERE PAGES. It's THEIR fault, and they're AGAINST THE WAR ON TERROR. So, I guess it's okay to hide and protect someone who's using his official position to violate Federal and state laws against sex with minors AND to pollute a volunteer program that was designed to give exceptional youth exposure to the political process - a program that's been around for 150 years. BECAUSE PROTECTING AND HIDING THAT PEDOPHILE PREDATOR IS SUPPORTING THE WAR ON TERROR. Yes, it is. I looked it up. Had to call God on the hotline to be sure.

More slime. Reynolds, to whom the Foley complaint was originally brought as head of the RNCC, held a press conference today at a DAY CARE CENTER! Surrounded by children. Random children.

And, Foley now claims he was abused by a "clergyman" as a child, and that he's gay. However, is that justification for abusing others and continuing the cycle?