Now that the second of his top aides has pleaded guilty and prosecutors are moving closer to alleging former GOP Majority Leader DeLay ran “a criminal enterprise” out of his congressional offices, he’s decided not to seek re-election from his Houston district, saying it’s a Republican district that will elect someone from the GOP if he doesn’t run.  He oughta know, he drew the district to be solid Republican in a Texas hornswaggle that seemed unconstitutional to me. 

Do you think that it would be a good thing for Congress to take a second look at the bills worked on by disgraced and convicted GOP congressman Duke Cunningham, disgraced and facing indictment Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio and disgraced and indicted Tom DeLay?

 Nah.

That would just be “anti-business” and force large corporations to give out a new set of bribes to a new set of Congressmen.  Hmmmm.  Let’s think that one over.

Do you think the new GOP majority leader, famous for passing out campaign money from big tobacco on the floor of the house, an act for which he was censured by the ethics committee, will think that one over? 

Corrupt cronyism.  It’s not just a campaign slogan, it’s a Washington, D.C., way of life under the Republican “K Street Project”.

but it’s OK since a bribe is so much cheaper than a fair tax.

MOVIE REVIEW

 “V for Vendetta” is one of the worst movies I’ve ever sat through.  If I were Hugh Weaving (Mr. Smith in the Matrix series), I’d want to wear a mask the entire movie, too.  Just to stay anonymous.  How they managed to make Natalie Portman, so sexy in Closer, look so bad so often — especially as the schoolgirl in full costume — is beyond me, but they did.  The movie opens with Weaving giving this alliterative monologue using words that begin with the letter “V” and that lost me right there.  It goes downhill afterwards.  Rated G for Gawdawful.

SINATRA REPORT

Spring has officially begun.  Sinatra stayed out all night, missing curfew.  So, of course, he got extra milk in the sacred blue saucer when he returned this morning because I was so glad to have him back.  Hey, you train your cat your way and I’ll do what I want.

 WEATHER REPORT

The top is down and I’m good.  Jolly Dr. Max has purchased a red ‘Vette.  I have sports car envy.  I’ve written him that it’s a plot to make me go back for more therapy (since it IS all about ME ME ME ME ME), but he denies it, the liar. 

Meanwhile, I can’t stay away from the road that goes around lake Hefner.  It somehow calms and refreshes me to be around the water, to smell the air and hear the waves and the waterfowl.  I’ve taken a look at the joggers and bikers and I can tell you that most of them need to get some exercise.  You’d think it’d be tight, taut bodies, but it’s actually a lot of pretty fat asses sweating profusely.  No Pain?  Good.

HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

 heard it through the grapevine that the lovely Juliet is taking her Elastic Cafe models to bin 73 Wednesday night.  Might even include Pink Lady, one of her newest.  What was I thinking when I hooked up those two?  Nothing but trouble for me.  Oh, well. 

Also heard the Paseo lottery group won $20.  Not bad considering we’ve invested a couple hundred collectively. LOL.  A tax on the math impaired, no doubt.  It sure is fun to speculate about what you’d do with a hundred million or so.  maybe that’s what makes it worth it.

TTFN