The Gift That Keeps on Giving

"You do not have to have $100,000 to get elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and it shouldn't cost that much to win in the Legislature," Ricky Cole said in an interview regarding the Dems holding off a supermajority in the House. 

Well...I mean, some people have to spend that much to get elected, right?  But nobody you'd really want in office, right?

Oh...wait...who was one of the first to put that much money into a legislative race?

A Hundred Million Dollars

"Geithy, we got a problem," the boss said.

"Sir, I'm aware of that. I've been working diligently toward fixing it. Of course, if I had a little more help..."

"Look, I'm getting to that. These e-mails to Jessica Beil aren't going to write themselves, you know," the boss replied. "There's all kinds of problems, though. Do you know about these Pirates?"

"Yes, sir, I have. Terrible situation, but our Seals sure fixed it, eh? Great call," Geithy retorted, smiling. The boss shook his head.

"They're back! I don't believe it! And do you know they took two out of three from the Braves this weekend! I don't even know what they took, but I won't stand for this! Do they have no decency?"

"Sir, I don't think we're talking about the same pirates. The ones you're talking about are in Pittsburgh..."

"They're in Pittsburgh! Oh my God! What are we gonna do? Pirates and those redneck clingers? This is going to be a disaster of epic proportions!"

"Sir, these Pirates play baseball. Not very well, you know."

"Nationalize the Yankees, then. We'll show them that nobody messes with this country, especially with the national pasttime! What'll that take?" The boss looks angry.

Geithy looks confused. "Sir, it would take...I don't know, a hundred million dollars just to pay Alex Rodriguez' salary. And he's just one..."

"Then you got it, Geithy. We're gonna show them. If it takes a hundred million, it takes a hundred million. Figure it out, huh?"

Oh Blago, You So Crazy

The Illinios Felon-in-Cheif has named former Illinios AG Roland Burris to replace President-Elect Messiah in the Senate.

You gotta love it. Nothing like keeping the scandal on the front pages, Blago. A millstone around the neck of Barry Messiah, and now Harry Reid too, who pledged never to seat anyone appointed by Blago. The man sure knows how to put some bleeping people in their bleeping places.

Fight on Blago. Fight on.

And We're Back

So one month later, we're back. And here at the Spot, we're not looking back at all. Yeah, the next four years are probably going to suck, but hey: We can always say we told you so, and hope for the best.

Thankfully, Intrepid Attorney General Samson has stepped up and decided to fish for another lawsuit. This is why we love him: Months after the price of oil started sliding he decided to start checking for price-gouging, wondering why there was a shortage of gas following a hurricane.

(Something tells me that the hurricane had something to do with it. I didn't even need a subpoena to come to that conclusion.)

Now, he's fishing again, this time with Entergy. I'm curious to which plaintiff's attorney is behind this, and which campaign contributor, I mean, civic-minded barrister, put the idea in Samson's mulleted cranium. This, despite the fact that the Public Service Commission actually regulates them, and should be handling things.

I love the get-rich-quick schemes these guys have come up with over the years. They've got Fred Flintstone and Ralph Kramden beat hands-down.

Normally, This Is Where They Plead With You To Vote...

...for someone, anyone. I don't want to insult your intelligence by saying that. You know from a quick scan down the page my opinion on the election.

Plain and simple, Barack Obama is exactly the wrong man.

From his tax plan that doesn't make any sense if you actually pay attention to it (because its not a tax increase if we just let the tax cuts expire!), to his left-wing judicial philosophy, to his seeming lack of concern about the threat of Islamic extremism, to his pie-in-the-sky plans to spend every dollar he can get his hands on, he's a nightmare candidate.

Let's not even touch on the cult-like devotion, the egocentrism, the Great Seal of Obamaland, et al.

John McCain isn't perfect. But I can guarantee you that spending won't go through the roof, that judges won't be making stuff up on the fly, and that the mullahs will be scared every time he gets on TV.

In a time full of uncertainty, it is not the time to be giving the Big Job to a guy whose main qualification for the office is that he speaks well.

So Monty, A Question...

Is a pay raise more important than declaring a state of emergency so that you could get a new ottoman for the Governor's Mansion?

Tom Coburn Should Be Your Hero

Right now, he's mine.

This is all.

Congressman Whiplash Acts on Drilling...

Yet still believes in the hocus-pocus of ethanol. It's almost like believing in Santa Claus, if Santa makes your cereal more expensive and ruins the milk.

The billions spent in Iraq are nothing compared to the black hole that is the ethanol subsidy.

Edited to add: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid refuses to allow the exploration ban to be lifted. Nan From San Fran says release strategic petroleum (not realizing that those barrells, by law, must be replaced). But goll-ee, Snidely, you sure are proud to be a Dem, the party of the working man.

So Let Me Get This Straight

Karl Rove supposedly encouraged an investigation that resulted in a corruption conviction for former Alabama Governor Don Seigelman.

And for that, he gets called before Congress to testify? Shouldn't he get a medal or something?

I guess he picked the jury or something, too. There is a woman who claims that Rove was 'targeting' southern Democrats and that she was Rove's point woman in the whole shebang. She has no evidence other than her word and calls to a number in Virginia (where Rove has never lived, by the way). This all makes sense if you don't take into account Rove actually had a job in the White House. And in the face of this damning evidence, Rove has refused to testify.

Karl Rove-boogeyman of the Democrat Party. He will soon be accused of the Kennedy, Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley assassinations, the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, planning Burnside's assault on Fredericksburg, and being Aaron Burr's second in his duel with Alexander Hamilton. They wonder why the Congress last approval rating was nine.

Rep. Whiplash, you say you want out of Iraq because it's costing money. How much is this going to cost?

There's an Old Adage

It starts out, "You can cheat on your wife, you can cheat on your taxes," and then goes on to describe something that you can't cheat.

I'll pass on the first one as it regards to Monty Rushgrove, but the second one is too funny. It seems that he didn't pay his campaign's payroll taxes during the 2003 Gubernatorial campaign.

Every time he opens his mouth about fiscal responsibility on Gallo, I chuckle a little to myself. After leaving us in a $700 million hole, he managed to be a tax cheat. The next thing you know he'll talk about how frugal that $14 million flag vote was, or how cheap the commission he put together was.

I Had Forgotten This...

..but it's just a reminder as to how the Governor's Mansion was run during the Rushgrove administration. You remember that one-the one where we ended up in a huge debt.

A big hat-tip to JDBerry of YP.

An emergency declaration made by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove to speed the furnishing of his new office is being questioned by two state agencies.

“It’s our position that the purchase of furniture does not constitute the definition of emergency under the statute,” said Jonathan Compretta, special assistant attorney general. Compretta said he wasn’t sure if any action will be taken against the governor’s office.

State Auditor Phil Bryant said the matter remains under review.

“We are trying to be thorough in looking at it,” Bryant said.

David Cole, Musgrove’s then chief of staff, sent a letter dated Sept. 27 to the state’s top financial adviser, Gary Anderson, declaring a state of emergency“ for the purpose of purchasing furniture for the Governor’s Office.”

When asked Friday about the emergency declaration, Musgrove said the word emergency can mean “a wide range of needs.”

Of course it can, Monty. Of course it can. One wonders if you would have gotten 30% of the vote in any state other than Mississippi or perhaps Louisiana.

All The News Not Fit to Mention

The Beef Plant Fiasco is back...again. But you'd never know it reading articles by our alleged pre-eminent editorial writers. Hampton wants to dwell on how magical Barry Messiah is, or how the governor and his 'minions' are out to get us all. For all I know Sid Salter has an article in the works but right now all he wants to talk about is Medicaid and the death of George Carlin, with an occasional Samson reference thrown in because somebody sent a mean e-mail. Others talk of a conspiracy between the GOP and Big Tobacco to destroy southern Democrats (funny, since most of them tend to be able to screw things up on their own without any help from others)

(And as an aside, how come nobody ever writes an article about how the Democrats and Big Hollywood have teamed up to make propaganda films for the last seven years or so? And has anyone noticed that almost all of them are box office bombs? It was so bad that when Lions for Lambs came to DVD, the tv trailer suddenly went from 'anti-war conspiracy film' to 'leave no man behind.')

Yet none of them are writing about Monty Rushgrove taking money from the Beef Plant Braintrust. Maybe they think it's old news, but fresh indictments in the case demand that the issue be covered, and questions be asked, especially the new 'money pit' revelation. But hey, it's a Democratic year-who are they to interfere in the political process?

It took two months on this blog last year for anyone in the state media to bring up one of the most shameful acts of political retribution in recent memory to be brought up by Salter-the Jeremy Martin railroading was brought up on his blog, one time, almost as a throwaway. Instead of asking tough questions to Samson and the Golden Boy-and maybe asking a few people who sat near Mr. Franks in the House exactly what was said in a couple of early-January 2004 telephone calls-there was one blog post. The Beef Plant is just as bad and it continues to get worse as more and more figures go down. I guess when you're mourning George Carlin, though, it's tough to get around to that kind of thing.

Because When Disaster Hits

The first thing I always think of is, "Where am I going to meet the next Ms. Right Now?"

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