Talk about dodging a bullet! (Or, actually, the needle.) Would you want THIS MAN to be on the jury deciding your fate? Mr. Numero-Uno-Governor-Executor in the history of the entire nation? Ever?
A wise judge in Waco excused Mr. Bush from jury duty. You can just bet that every defendant in Waco is high-fivin’ and drinkin’ pom-pom martinis tonight, baby!
Oh, that photo, you ask? I had NOTHING to do with it. It’s the photo that CourtTV put up. I swear almighty gawd … damn, that’s a bad photo. Heh.
Thanks, Susan T in Michigan, for the link!
Geez, that photo of Bush makes him look like a stroke victim. And if memory serves me correctly, I believe there was some conjecture a while back as to whether or not Bush had, in fact, suffered a recent, mild stroke.
Nah. That’s just his normal look of cluelessness. Makes ya proud, don’t it?!
Thanks, I needed a laugh!
(Wasn’t that taken when he couldn’t “escape” because the door was locked?)
yeah you can see parts of the red doors behind him.
The new brainstorming diary for the scAlito protest is up and running! Please join the conversation and help us defeat the nomination.
I posted a Diary!!! (shock and dismay all around!)
I thought that I would use this space to whore it and to also ask a question of the community. I am thinking of expanding on this particular diary….so that the community can finally get to know me and to also maybe understand some of the prevailing attitudes of the “south”.
What are your thoughts on this venture?
How I came to Booman Tribune
That that’s the picture they decided to put up for that! I would be horrified to see that man in the jury box…….
I stumbled upon this website;
http://www.jihadunspun.com
They say things like this;
I didn’t look for this, I just stumbled upon it.
These guys seem well organized, who is behind them?
I can only hope that’s it not true…just for the soldier’s families sake.
If it is true….
We need to get out as soon as possible…I don’t know how I am going to be able to explain to my son what has happened as it is.
<disgusted and ashamed>
.
Directed me to this source of data …
Lots of statistics about cities::
We’ve collected and analyzed data from numerous sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as we could. We have tens of thousands of city photos not found anywhere else, hundreds of thousands of maps, satellite photos, stats about residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment…), geographical data, state profiles, crime data, housing, businesses, birthplaces of famous people, political contributions, city government employment, weather, hospitals, schools, libraries, houses, airports, radio and TV stations, zip codes, area codes, user-submitted facts, similar cities list, comparisons to averages… If you ever need to research any city for any reason, from considering a move there to just checking where somebody you know is staying, this is the site for you.
Any other suggestions?
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY
.
Nguyen Tuong Van is about to die — (in Chandi Prison Malaysia) ≈
U.S. Executes 1,000th Person Since 1977
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) 10 minutes ago — A convicted murderer was put to death today in the nation’s 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977.
Kenneth Lee Boyd, who was convicted of killing his estranged wife and father-in-law, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.
“The execution of Kenneth Boyd has not made this a better or safer world,” his attorney Thomas Maher said. “If this 1,000th execution is a milestone, it’s a milestone we should all be ashamed of.”
In his final words, Boyd asked his daughter-in-law to take care of his son and grandchildren and said, “God bless everybody in here.”
The Supreme Court in 1976 ruled that capital punishment could resume after a 10-year moratorium. The first execution took place the following year, when Gary Gilmore went before a firing squad in Utah.
We The People – Doing My Duty …
The President’s Yes Man
The Colosseum with lighting protesting the death penalty, sponsored by the UN and the Italian government, in Rome, Italy. AP GraphicsBankCities for Life: Celebrating Life, Fighting the Death Penalty
A CANDLE FOR LIFE
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY
Come on, you could have found worse. : )
.
Seeking some nice photos and excellent commentary …
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY
Mike Tidwell, whose Bayou Farewell was discussed recently at BooBooks, has an article up at Orion, “Goodbye, New Orleans.”
Read it, and weep.
If you don’t know about Orion, it’s a beautifully produced, thoughtful quarterly that deals with a wide range of environmental and social issues. Well worth reading.
.
In 1996, while he was governor of Texas, Bush answered his summons to Travis County Court, “just an average guy showing up for jury duty,” he said at the time.
After learning that he might be assigned to a driving while intoxicated trial and that he might have faced questions about his own drunken driving conviction in 1976, which he had not yet disclosed, the governor’s general counsel, Alberto Gonzales, now U.S. attorney general, successfully argued that Bush should be dismissed from jury duty.
Gonzales had argued that with the power to pardon, Bush had a conflict of interest. Later, reporters revealed that on the jury questionnaire he filled out at the time, Bush left blank the boxes next to the question “Have you ever been accused or a complainant or a witness in a criminal case?”
###
George W. Bush – AWOL from Supporting our Troops
A Democrat, Barnes became the highest-paid lobbyist in Texas history when he signed the G-Tech contract. Complications arose for Barnes, however, when Republican George W. Bush was elected governor. Harriet Miers, Texas Lottery Commission chair, who later became Bush’s personal attorney at the White House, urged the commission’s attorney to begin re-bidding procedures on the contract.
“The time has come,” Miers wrote in a February 18, 1997 memo to Kim Kiplin, the commission’s in-house counsel. “I am convinced the Texas Lottery Commission and the State of Texas will be best served by the re-bid of the Lottery Operator contract as soon as possible.”
As early as March 1996, Bush Chief of Staff Joe Allbaugh had been asking for information about the lottery contract. Miers, appointed to the chair by Bush, had sent Allbaugh notebooks of lottery meetings and details on the operator’s contract, according to a note from her to Allbaugh dated March 7th of 1996. Allbaugh’s interest may have been as political as it was economic. Hundreds of millions of dollars were involved in G-Tech’s contract, and two of the key people, Barnes, and Executive Director Nora Linares, were both Democrats, who had supported Ann Richards in the race against Bush.
BushWatch.com
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY