Lee Ritenour: “Night Rhythms”
Lee Ritenour is one of the best jazz guitarists around. I have liked his albums since… there were albums. This is a very cool tune with a great bass line.
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Countdown: Worst People
- Rocky Mountain News reports that Senator Barack Obama has duel citizenship from the U.S. and Kenya. There is no truth to this. The Kenyan constitution does not allow duel citizenship. This is as truthful as saying that Senator John McCain is a citizen of Panama.
- Sean Hannity earns the “worst” title simply for being the blow-hard that he is.
- Why is American Airlines charging our troops for “extra” luggage? American Airlines, what are you doing? Aren’t you supposed to be supporting our troops? Hello!!?!?! What are y’all doing?
Arkansas Democratic Party Chair Shot (Updated)
Breaking News: State Democratic Party Chair Bill Gwatney has been shot. A gunman reportedly walked into the democratic headquarters and asked to speak with Gwatney then shot him. The suspect fled and was chased. The chase ended with gunshots being fired. It has been reported that the suspect was shot dead.
Update: Gwatney has died. No motive for the shooting has been found. I’m not sure that any motive will explain this terrible act. The shooter, Timothy Johnson, was shot by authorities.
My heart goes out to Gwatney’s family and friends.
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From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:
A gunman shot Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney three times at the State Democratic Party Headquarters in Little Rock on Wednesday, fleeing the scene in a pickup and leading police on a chase down Interstate 530 that ended in gunfire. Gwatney was transported to the hospital, where he is in critical condition.
The Little Rock police said about 2:30 p.m. that the suspect was dead after being shot by authorities near Sheridan. (more… )
McCain’s Credibility Problem
This video shows how Senator John McCain spins the media. He says one thing and then says another but the media rarely call him on it.
Lobbyist? What Georgian Lobbyist?
From Think Progress:
The Washington Post takes a look at McCain advisor Randy Scheunemann’s lobbying work on behalf of Tblisi:
Sen. John McCain’s top foreign policy adviser prepped his boss for an April 17 phone call with the president of Georgia and then helped the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prepare a strong statement of support for the fledgling republic.
The day of the call, a lobbying firm partly owned by the adviser, Randy Scheunemann, signed a $200,000 contract to continue providing strategic advice to the Georgian government in Washington.
If it were actually the case that we are all Georgians this would obviously be no big deal, but in the real world it’s a bit of an issue when an influential member of a major presidential campaign is an agent of a foreign government. Georgia’s position in the current conflict is certainly a sympathetic one, but it’s absolutely crucial to keep the scope and nature of America’s genuine interests at stake, something that can be difficult to do with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake. Similarly, it’s crucial to keep the moral stakes in perspective — recalling that this is a fight over land not ideology and a fight the Georgians unwisely chose to pick — which, again, can be hard to do with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake.
Justice Department Not Really Interested in Justice
It appears that Monica Goodling and the rest of the neocons that ruled the Department of Justice over the last five to six years are going to get off scot-free. Michael Mukasey said yesterday that he wasn’t going to prosecute these crimes in hiring practices.
From The Carpetbagger Report:
Mukasey said he will not prosecute the DoJ employees who repeatedly and flagrantly violated the law.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday that the Department of Justice would not pursue criminal charges against former employees implicated in an internal investigation on politicized hiring practices.
“Where there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we vigorously investigate it,” Mukasey said in a speech at the American Bar Association. “And where there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime, we vigorously prosecute. But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime.”
Wait, not every violation of the law is a crime? Isn’t that the definition of a “crime”?
I realize that prosecutors may consider extenuating circumstances and prefer leniency, but this laissez faire attitude on the corruption of the Department of Justice is more than a little discouraging, especially from an attorney general. An entire team of people broke the law, violated the public trust, and got caught. The evidence is unambiguous. (more… )
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Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
