June 14 commentary

Well now. After spending several gazillion dollars of your tax money, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has finally announced that he will not indict karl rove for outing cia agent Valerie plame. One low level player gets scapegoated, while all the major players incl karl rove and our lovable vice president cheney get off scot free. And even the charges against the scapegoat, scooter libby, are trivial, not at all indicative of the crimes committed. Ok, show of hands now, Is anyone surprised? I thought so.

Next item:Well the rumors of geo bushs affair with condi rice have been circulating on the internet for a week or so now and ive avoided mentioning it, but a listener sent me this with a new twist that’s just too juicy to pass up. Its stuff like this that makes following politics fun. Ready or not, here tis. Its originally from wayne madsen reports. June 1, 2006 -- UPDATED -- Rocky shoals for Bush marriage? Informed sources Inside the Beltway report that First Lady Laura Bush has established temporary residence in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC as a result of a tiff with President Bush over an extramarital relationship involving her husband. Mr. Bush's tryst is said to involve Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. It is not known how long Mrs. Bush plans to remain at the Mayflower, however, her security detail has been present at the hotel during hours when the First Lady would normally be residing in the White House. While she was National Security Adviser, Rice, who has never been married, referred to George W. Bush as "my husband" before she corrected herself and said, "President. Bush" Rice was speaking at a dinner hosted by New York Times bureau chief Philip Taubman when she made her "husband" remarks.
June 2, 2006 -- A White House source, speaking on background, vehemently denied to WMR that there are marital problems between President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush over a reported extramarital affair between Mr. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. However, two mainstream media sources  have confirmed that their sources also have reported an ongoing affair between Mr. Bush and Rice.
The mainstream media is hamstrung in reporting stories about Bush's personal life. For example, in 2001, the media highlighted Bush's comments about his passing out from choking on a pretzel while watching a football game in the White House. In reality, Bush, who claims he gave up drinking years ago, passed out from being inebriated. Washington's movers and shakers knew the story about Bush's drinking but the media studiously avoided it.

my reply to him: well now.  isnt this just ducky?  my take when i first read of bush and condi was it was too good to be true, and 2nd take was that they deserve one another.  but this leola mcconnell seems like an interesting sort, and we must applaud an ex professional dominitrix running for gov.  i wonder if that is her stated profession on the ballot.  i hope so.  truth in politcs, how refreshing.  An a professional dominatrix just might be able to get things done better than most politicians who have spent a life obeying their masters in order to be elected rather than commanding others to obey them.. on a more serious note, one has to consider that if anything she is so publically writing is not true, she is up for serious libel charges, both criminal and civil.  that carries great weight to me.   she has much to lose, and seemingly not much to gain.  also if true, it takes hypocracy to an entirely new level.  Bushes blathering about the sanctity of marriage while bonking condi on the side and having a homosexual experience or two in his past sure beats  rush limbaugh's trashing drug addicts while being addicted himself.  Again, I don’t know if this story is true or not, but it sure makes following politics almost fun again.  One might question why I report this story without knowing its factuality. Because the story is out there, it is receiving wide publicity on the web and I think you should be aware of what mainstream media refuses to address. I find the fact, now widely accepted by wash insiders, and seemingly backed up by anecdotal evidence, that king geo’s choking on a pretzel escapade was actually his passing out from a drinking bout, and subsequently covered up by a compliant press to be very scary. Again, this has not been proven in court of law, but people who were present say that’s what happened. If it is true that the self proclaimed decider is occasionally impaired by that alcohol, a drug not noted for producing wisdom, I think the people affected by his decisions, namely the entire world, need to know. Any media protecting the president by keeping us from knowing he is occasionally mentally impaired is serving the wrong master, and has its priorities completely bass ackwards.

Next item: This article, sent in by a rather devilish listener, is from a british publication, the register. The register is an interesting web publication, in that it seems to present somewhat controversial news but with a decided twist of mockery. I’ll leave out their attempts at humor and just give you the facts as presented. Titled: Microsoft cloaks Area 51 By Lester Haines.We all know that Microsoft has a tentacle in just about every pie on the planet, but what exactly is Redmond's black ops department up to in Nevada? This chilling question arises because Microsoft's Virtual Earth has excised all satellite data of the legendary Area 51, leaving a great big grey void . the article then has a photo of microsofts rendition of area 51 and sure enuff, it is indeed greyed out. Google, on the other hand, offers this fine view of the Top Secret desert facility, famed for its alien post-mortems, flying saucers and general extraterrestrial shenanigans: the article then has a photo of googles image showing the usual geographical details but unfortunately no flying saucers or extra terrestrials are visable, at least not at the resolution on my computer. The article concludes with this paragraph. Until such time as the truth is known, we wonder what exactly MS has to gain from this cloak of invisibity. After all, the internet is chock-full of Area 51 info, maps and satellite images.