And Wall Street money favors.....

Which party raised the most money from Wall Street last year?  Bloomberg has the surprise:

Thomas O'Keefe explains why "conservatives run from the teaching profession"

In The Contra Costa Times, guest commentator Thomas O'Keefe succinctly explains why academia is largely liberal: conservatives run from teaching.

Not Guilty By Reason of Religiosity

Deathbed conversions to Christ are commonplace.  You can view them either as attempts to hedge against a lifelong motto of "if it feels good, do it," or as a continuation of that motto.

Increasingly common in the US are "pre-trial conversions" and "pre-sentencing conversions."  The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports that Richard Scrushy, of HealthSouth infamy, is the latest practitioner of this dubious faith.

On Your Knees, Vote Seeker

Proving that Christian penitence still involves groveling, the one and only Jerry Fall Well announced last week that he "doubts that any Democrat will make inroads with evangelical Christians in the next presidential election..."

Speaking of Katherine Harris....she's nice to those who were sold to devils

Speaking of Katherine "the Ballot Fox" Harris (see the post below), did you happen to catch the fact that her "dinner" with Mitchell Wade, the defense contractor/fraud whose money took down Duke Cunningham, cost $2,800?

The 33% Solution

Ever wondered who exactly makes up this 33% of the public who still support George Bush?  Maybe this will help you understand.

The Skilling-Bush Comparison

In Friday's NY Times, the article Which Picture of Skilling Will the Enron Jurors Be Most Likely to Believe includes the following passage:

John Dean: "George Bush Is Becoming An Increasingly Dangerous President"

And we should be rightfully scared. Former Nixon counsel John Dean does a killer analysis of a lunatic in charge.....

No, Hillary, Thanks All The Same...

Huh. Seems the opinion polls show that a possible "president" Hillary Clinton don't look good all of a sudden...

Iraq Intel, Part 364; 60 Minutes of truth about Iraq & WMD

The steady drip of refutations continues.  The latest public statement contradicting the Bush administration claims that they genuinely thought Iraq had WMD before we invaded comes from Tyler Drumheller, who headed CIA covert operations in Europe during the run-up to the Iraq war, detailed in a Reuters release appearing in the Sydney Morning Herald.