Can you believe that it’s already time for American Idol again? Well, not the show. We won’t be seeing that until January. But auditions begin today in San Diego. And in case you are just absolutely certain that this is your year — or you just want to give it a go — here’s the rules and regs:
It’s easy to say: “I knew it all along.” So I’ll restrain myself. But, I have to wonder why other people are just noticing that Wall Street has been slouching toward the left for a decade or more now.
I mean, you knew that John Corzine is a Democrat, didn’t you? And not a “Reagan Democrat” but a real, live, redistribution Democrat. And so is Warren Buffett.
Yes, I know it was only the Devil Rays, but 21-4! Is there, perhaps a glimmer of hope left in this forlorn season? Well, the boys from the Bronx have, in fact, won eight of their last 10 and, even more remarkably, are now a mere 7.5 games behind Boston in the AL East. They will have to win a lot more games than the Red Sox will have to win to overtake that lead, but it is doable — well within the realm of possibility.
I had every intention of avoiding the Lewis “Scooter” Libby sentence commutation altogether, expecting that the story would just go away after a few days because, really, the President has the constitutional privilege of commuting any sentence he wants, anytime he wants, for any reason he wants.
It’s no surprise, I guess, that of all the commutations of all the presidents in the history of the United States, this one has the distinction of being the most intolerable ever. The Liberal pundacrocy is certain beyond doubt that this exercise of executive clemency is irrefutable evidence of impeachable corruption and reason enough to remove the President from office.
I’m no particular fan of Lewis Libby, or for that matter, his boss Vice President Richard Cheney. I agree that the revelation of Valerie Plame’s name to Robert Novak and other journalists at least warranted an investigation, and that Libby was duty bound to cooperate in that investigation. I also believe that Patrick Fitzgerald proved his case that Isidore Lewis Libby deliberately obstructed his investigation and was justly found guilty of the crime. I would have preferred to see Libby serve some time for the crime.
