Bad Deeds for 11-20-06

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs’ kills her chances for ’08
In less than a week, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs’ star has been badly tarnished by an odd series of actions, and she’s been lampooned on Web sites, talk radio and in gossip columns. Though the punch lines will quickly fade, political insiders say Sekula-Gibbs has done serious — if not irreparable — damage to her hopes of reclaiming the 22nd Congressional District seat in two years.

Former Tom DeLay Chief of Staff Says of Shelly Sekula-Gibbs: “Never has any member of Congress treated us with as much disrespect and unprofessionalism as we witnessed during those five days.”

Democrats Split on How Far to Go With Ethics Law
The answer should be obvious: All the way! Write or call your Congresspeople and tell them you want full ethical behavior, and no going easy on anyone who is not fully ethical.

FOX News’ Parent Corporation To Publish OJ’s “Confession” Book, and Promotes it on FOX
The accused but unconvicted killer and the attention-hungry pulp publisher have teamed up to create a product lacking in taste and decency. Then they play money games so that the victims’ relatives will not get any of they money owed them

UPDATE: UNDER PRESSURE, FOX CANCELS OJ BOOK, TV SPECIAL
See, you can get FOX to change. So keep it up and get them to become a real news channel.

Republican Fundraiser Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison
Tom Noe, the one-time prominent Republican fundraiser convicted last week of looting Ohio’s workman compensation fund, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison, to be served in addition to a two-year, three-month sentence imposed in September on federal charges of illegally funneling money to President Bush’s reelection campaign.
Noe refused 10-year term in plea deal

Conservative writes, “WE MUST bomb Iran.”
Joshua Muravchik of the conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, writes in the Los Angeles Times, “WE MUST bomb Iran.” Other members of this think tank include Dick Cheney, Lynne Chaney (the V. P.’s wife) and Newt Gingrich.

Cheney Likes the Military Option on Iran
Cheney said that if the Democrats won on November 7th, the Vice-President said, that victory would not stop the Administration from pursuing a military option with Iran. The White House would put “shorteners” on any legislative restrictions, Cheney said, and thus stop Congress from getting in its way. (Hey, what do you think we’re running here, some kind of constitutional democracy? We don’t need no stinkin’ Congress!)

Imprisoned Vid-Blogger Josh Wolf Denied Request For Hearing, Bail
Wolf, a 24-year old, who was jailed for refusing to turn over film that he shot at a protest in San Francisco in July 2005 and testify about its contents, has already served 88 days in jail. Now, he could be kept in prison until the expiration of the grand jury in July.

Regards,

Jim