what's the difference between these two 'men'?

they both had 'sex' with minors. they both are not in possession of their right minds. they both are living outside of the law. they both do NOT think they did anything wrong. oh, the difference? one gets 45 days the other gets life (BOTH should get life) first this dude: Polygamist gets 45 days for sex with teen bride
Investigator fears sentence sends wrong message
By Harriet Ryan Court TV
(Court TV) -- An Arizona judge has sentenced a polygamist to 45 days in county jail for having sex with a teenager he took as his third wife.
The sentence disappointed authorities in Kingman, Arizona, who had hoped a harsher punishment for defendant Kelly Fischer would discourage others in the church from taking teenage wives.
Fischer was the first of seven members of the Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints (FLDS) to be tried for plural marriages to minors.
"I don't know if we've sent a strong enough message to these people," said Gary Engels, an investigator with the Mohave County Attorney's office.
About 7,000 FLDS members live in the twin border towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah.
Members of the group, which broke with mainstream Mormons in the 1890s over polygamy, believe that only those in plural marriages can reach the highest level of heaven......... and THIS dude Man Says Sex With Kids a Sacred Ritual CLEVELAND (AP) -- A man accused of sexually assaulting nine boys with physical or mental disabilities told a judge that having sex with children is a sacred ritual protected by civil rights laws.

Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday. He is charged with 74 counts including rape, pandering obscenity to minors and corrupting another with drugs.

"I'm a pedophile. I've been a pedophile for 20 years," he said in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Wednesday. "The only reason I'm charged with rape is that no one believes a child can consent to sex. The role of my ministry is to get these cases out of the courtrooms."...........

ya gotta love midge

Amy Sancetta / Ap File

and ya gotta give the sheriff props too 6-pound Chihuahua is tiny drug-finding dog
Small K-9s do less damage, may be part of a growing national trend CHARDON, Ohio - Though she’s only a 6-pound Chihuahua-rat terrier mix who looks like she belongs in Paris Hilton’s purse, Midge has the will, skill and nose of a 100-pound German shepherd.
The newest recruit for the Geauga County Sheriff Department’s K-9 unit could very well be the nation’s smallest drug-sniffing pooch.
“Good girl,” Sheriff Dan McClelland says, praising the 7-month-old, tail-wagging puppy, during a recent training exercise. McClelland began training Midge for drug-detecting duties when she was just 3 months old, after reading about departments being sued by suspects whose cars or homes were damaged by larger dogs.
Like many police departments, Geauga County has had German shepherds and Labrador retrievers for years. In fact, visitors often ask, “Is the big dog out?” — referring to 125-pound Brutus, says Lt. Tom McCaffrey, Brutus’ handler............

George W. Bush Calls Himself

on my way home from work yesterday, i heard (i came into it already on) king george's comedy routine. it was so bizarre to me, i thought it was one of those king george impersonators. i guess not

careful who you text message......

pam's house blend poses an interesting question: WWJD about porno text messaging?

why would ANYONE (unless your name was saddam or momar or fidel or che OR oh yes, king george)

want a man like this to be a leader in their armed services? one would think the leaders of nations would want men and women with intelligence, strength (of mind and will), bravery, compassion, HONOR............ but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Army Commander Investigated in Iraq Killing Spree
Military Tribunal Begins for Four Soldiers Involved in Incident
By JONATHAN KARL
Aug. 1, 2006 — - Col. Michael Steele, whose heroics were portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down," is under investigation for allegedly encouraging his men to go on a killing spree. The investigation begins just as the Army has started to make its case against four soldiers who are charged with murdering three Iraqi civilians while under Steele's command, ABC News has learned.
The soldiers' defense is that they were under orders to kill all military-age males.
ABC News has learned that Steele has already been reprimanded for the incident.......

this is for you jean and dotttie

even stephen king and john irving are beggin' for harry's life Don't kill Harry Potter, US authors urge Rowling Tue Aug 1, 2006 6:13 PM BST
By Claudia Parsons
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two of America's top authors, John Irving and Stephen King, made a plea to J.K. Rowling on Tuesday not to kill the fictional boy wizard Harry Potter in the final book of the series, but Rowling made no promises.
"My fingers are crossed for Harry," Irving said at a joint news conference before a charity reading by the three writers at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
The author of "The World According to Garp" and a string of other bestsellers said he and King felt like "warm-up bands" for Rowling, who is working on the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series, and who has said two characters will die.
King, who shot to fame in 1974 with "Carrie," said he had confidence that Rowling would be "fair" to her hero.
"I don't want him to go over the Reichenbach Falls," King said in a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's effort to kill off the character of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Pressure from fans eventually led Conan Doyle to resurrect Holmes, who was found in a later story to have survived.
Rowling, a Briton whose books have sold 300 million copies worldwide according to her publishers, said she was well into the process of writing the final book.
"I feel quite liberated," she said..........

Ned Lamont Stumps on Colbert Report

two quotes stand out:

it's our OBLIGATION to stand up as citizens!!! (on king george)

and

we can't do it for 'em with the barrel of a gun (on iraq)

it could have been any country

it was israel this time, but it could have been the u.s. or korea or india or somalia or northern ireland or the congo or as i said, anywhere. it doesn't have to be with a bomb. it can be with a machete or a single gun. when will this stop? children, children are being killed. innocents. why can't we concentrate on feeding the hungry? on education? on caring for one another? why care more about a border than a human being?

Israel suspends air strikes after 52 killed in Lebanon


by Stephen Collinson Sun Jul 30, 7:18 PM ET
Israel agreed to temporarily halt air strikes in south Lebanon a day after 52 people were killed, many of them sleeping children, when Israeli warplanes bombarded the Lebanese village of Qana, triggering global outrage and warnings of retribution for alleged "war crimes".
The 48-hour halt to aerial activity was announced by an aide to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose latest Middle East mission was thrown into turmoil by the attack.
"Israel has agreed to a 48-hour suspension of aerial activity in south Lebanon" pending an investigation into the Qana attack, spokesman Adam Ereli told reporters just after midnight following talks between Rice and top Israeli officials.
The halt is effective immediately, and Israel will also coordinate with the United Nations on a 24-hour period of "safe passage" for civilians who wish to leave the area, Ereli said.
Police said 52 villagers, including 30 children, were killed in the pre-dawn air raid Sunday which left homes in ruins and villagers trapped under the rubble. Bahia Hariri, an MP for southern Lebanon, said 15 of the children were disabled.
It was the bloodiest attack since Israel launched its war on the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah following the capture of two soldiers on July 12.............

now i know why the tillman family will never know the truth about their sons death

they don't deserve to, they DO NOT BELONG TO ANY CHURCH

what an interesting article by stan goff, someone in the know i might add. it's frightening to me people like lt. col. ralph kauzlarich are leaders of our service men and women. they think themselves as good and the non-believers (when i say non believers i mean people who do NOT believe exactly the SAME things as themselves) are satan.

Playing the Atheism Card Against Pat Tillman’s Family

Posted on Jul 28, 2006
By Stan Goff

Editor’s note: The author of this essay, Stan Goff, is a retired veteran of the
U.S. Army Special Forces. During an active-duty career that spanned 1970 to
1996, he served with the elite Delta Force and Rangers, and in Vietnam,
Guatemala, Grenada, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Somalia and Haiti.
He is a
veteran of the Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama and also taught
military science at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Goff
is the author of the books “Hideous Dream—A Soldier’s Memoir of the U.S.
Invasion of Haiti,” “Full Spectrum Disorder—The Military in the New American
Century” and “Sex & War.”
In this article Goff writes on the events
surrounding the fratricidal death of Army Ranger and former NFL player Pat
Tillman, and the possible military coverup that ensued.
Goff argues that
Tillman’s commanding officer, in a recent ESPN magazine interview, made a series
of shockingly callous statements about the Tillman family’s search for the truth
because the officer was trying to divert attention from the role he may have
played in the alleged coverup.
Goff’s previously published articles on this
subject can be found at the online publication From the
Wilderness.
His research for those articles included a detailed review
of more than 2,500 pages of official briefings and documents from three
investigations, in addition to extensive interviews with Tillman family members
and some of the soldiers in Tillman’s unit.

Lt. Col. Ralph Kauzlarich has taken Christ into his heart, or so he says. Like my old colleague, Lt. Gen. William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin, he has also carried the organically entrapped messiah onto the heathen-infested battlegrounds of Southwest Asia. Kauzlarich is the subject of my exposition today, but Boykin is his context.
You all remember Jerry Boykin—the general who, as part of the Bush 2003 civil relations effort in Iraq, called Muslims idol worshippers.
Back in the Reagan days, Boykin and I were simultaneously assigned to the allegedly super-secret Delta Force. He was a major then, and he would organize prayer breakfasts for the unit, driving many of us out of the building to purchase sausage-biscuits. His evangelical lunacy was already under siege then. Special Operations is a motley fraternity, in which operators are as likely to worship Odin or an oak tree as they are to attend Sunday services.
Related Media
Former Arizona Cardinal Pat Tillman (June 2003)photo: AP / Photography Plus via Williamson Stealth Media Solutions
Above, a redacted report from an investigation into Tillman’s death. Click here to find out more about author Stan Goff’s investigative series on the friendly fire killing and the possible military coverup that ensued.
Another view of Pat Tillman Sr. at his son’s memorial. Click here to see the ESPN magazine series on Tillman’s death and its afterman (including quotes referenced in this Truthdig essay).
Boykin’s recent rise is symptomatic of War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s fascination with Special Operations—in spite of its generally dismal record. Kauzlarich was on the same career fast track when he was the 75th Ranger Regiment’s “cross commander” at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khoust, Afghanistan, in 2004. ......

well i guess all the rumors about mel

were true. his father spouting shite about the holocaust not happening and mel not denying him. the alleged anti-semitism in the passion of the christ (i've not seen it so that is why i used 'alleged' and of course i won't see it). don't blame alcohol for your true feelings mel. yeah, you were drunk and people can do and say things they normally wouldn't do or say, sober. BUT what you believe is what you believe drunk OR sober. hey mel....did anyone tell you jesus was jewish?

Mel Gibson apologizes for 'despicable' statements after arrest; Police say report won't be 'sanitized'

"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable," Mel Gibson said in a statement released Saturday after reports that the actor made some anti-Semitic remarks when police arrested him for suspicion of drunk driving the other day.
"I disgraced myself and my family with my behavior and for that I am truly sorry," Gibson's statement continued. "I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse."
A Time Warner Website posted what it claims are four pages of the arresting officer's police report, which was not released to the press.
"Fucking Jews," cursed Gibson according to the published report. "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."...........

and here's an article with a little bit more info on the whole debacle..

Mel Gibson, Jew hater

By Evan Derkacz
Posted on July 29, 2006, Printed on July 30, 2006http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/evan/39662/
Mel Gibson, director of Jesus gore-fest The Passion of the Christ, was pulled over for drunk driving early Friday morning, launching almost immediately into a Jew-hating tirade of, well, biblical proportions.
"F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"
In addition he threatened to...
fuck the officer several times, snapped at a female officer, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?", bragged that he "owns Malibu" and that he "will spend all of his money to 'get even' with me," according to Deputy James Mee's report.
The original report that is, since the L.A. Sheriff's office had him remove all the yucky stuff because, as Mee was told by higher-ups, "Gibson's comments would incite a lot of 'Jewish hatred,' [and] that the situation in Israel was 'way too inflammatory.'"
Right. Sure. People just hear Jew hatred and rush from the dinner table for a little pogrom. Consider the nation's intelligence insulted and the LA Sheriff's office bought and paid for.
Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood spoke with the sheriff's office, which denies the cover-up, but early reports have the sheriff's spokesman claiming that Gibson was arrested "without incident" so it's highly unlikely that he just happened to have messed up, that Mee just happens to have claimed that he was told to write another report and that other officers (as stated above) gave excuses for the report. ..........

a shocking story; an evangelical pastor who actually thinks what jesus would want???

wow!!! actually, he is as i stated an evangelical. i am quite certain he IS conservative. he is totally against abortion and gay marriage and on and on. yet, he realizes there IS a need of separation of church and state. there IS a need to turn your swords into plowshares. there IS a need to use your heart and mind and soul.

Disowning Conservative Politics Is Costly for Pastor
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, The New York Times

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (July 30) -- Like most pastors who lead thriving evangelical megachurches, the Rev. Gregory A. Boyd was asked frequently to give his blessing -- and the church's -- to conservative political candidates and causes.

The requests came from church members and visitors alike: Would he please announce a rally against gay marriage during services? Would he introduce a politician from the pulpit? Could members set up a table in the lobby promoting their anti-abortion work? Would the church distribute “voters’ guides” that all but endorsed Republican candidates? And with the country at war, please couldn’t the church hang an American flag in the sanctuary?
After refusing each time, Mr. Boyd finally became fed up, he said. Before the last presidential election, he preached six sermons called “The Cross and the Sword” in which he said the church should steer clear of politics, give up moralizing on sexual issues, stop claiming the United States as a “Christian nation” and stop glorifying American military campaigns..............

.........In his six sermons, Mr. Boyd laid out a broad argument that the role of Christians was not to seek “power over” others -- by controlling governments, passing legislation or fighting wars.
Christians should instead seek to have “power under” others — “winning people’s hearts” by sacrificing for those in need, as Jesus did, Mr. Boyd said.
“America wasn’t founded as a theocracy,” he said. “America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a Christian theocracy where it wasn’t bloody and barbaric. That’s why our Constitution wisely put in a separation of church and state.
“I am sorry to tell you,” he continued, “that America is not the light of the world and the hope of the world. The light of the world and the hope of the world is Jesus Christ.”........

even the nyt knows it's time for da liebs to go

and time for ned lamont to be a senator from connecticut.. the war HAS TO STOP. we have NO BUSINESS being in iraq and we have NO BUSINESS goading other countries into war in the middle east. we have NO BUSINESS torturing prisoners. we have NO BUSINESS standing by and letting the people of the world die. hell, the king and his court cannot even care for their OWN citizens (katrina for example). a change must come and it must come now. and no, i'm NOT a hysterical anti-war blogger trying to oust a bipartisan senator. i'm trying to oust someone who supports a war we have no moral, ethical or ANY reason to be in. our men and women are dying every day. FOR NO REASON. the iraqis did NOT blow up the world trade center. why are we killing them?

A Senate Race in Connecticut
Published: July 30, 2006
Earlier this year, Senator Joseph Lieberman’s seat seemed so secure that — legend has it — some people at the Republican nominating convention in Connecticut started making bleating noises when the party picked a presumed sacrificial lamb to run against the three-term senator, who has been a fixture in Connecticut politics for more than 35 years. But Mr. Lieberman is now in a tough Democratic primary against a little-known challenger, Ned Lamont. The race has taken on a national character. Mr. Lieberman’s friends see it as an attempt by hysterical antiwar bloggers to oust a giant of the Senate for the crime of bipartisanship. Lamont backers — most of whom seem more passionate about being Lieberman opponents — say that as one of the staunchest supporters of the Iraq war, Mr. Lieberman has betrayed his party by cozying up to President Bush...........

.........If Mr. Lieberman had once stood up and taken the lead in saying that there were some places a president had no right to take his country even during a time of war, neither he nor this page would be where we are today. But by suggesting that there is no principled space for that kind of opposition, he has forfeited his role as a conscience of his party, and has forfeited our support. ...............

the king and his court; where are they now???

and yeah, they're ALL still around, most have been promoted to roles of even greater responsiblities. it's mind boggling. it's sick-making, it's evil and i'm afraid at this point we may not be able to dig ourselves out of this crater we're in
and i still don't get how king george still has an approval rating of somewhere in the high 30s (sometimes going into the low 40s). WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? don't they have a mind? more importantly DON'T THEY HAVE A SOUL?


THE ARCHITECTS OF WAR: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

President Bush has not fired any of the architects of the Iraq war. In fact, a review of the key planners of the conflict reveals that they have been rewarded – not blamed – for their incompetence




................... DAN BARTLETT

Role In Going To War: Dan Bartlett was the White House Communications Director at the time of the war and was a mouthpiece in hyping the Iraq threat. Bartlett was also a regular participant in the weekly meetings of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG). The main purpose of the group was the systematic coordination of the “marketing” of going to war with Iraq as well as selling the war here at home. [Washington Post, 8/10/03]
Where He Is Now: Bartlett was promoted to Counselor to the President on January 5, 2005, and is responsible for the formulation of policy and implementation of the President’s agenda. [White House]
Key Quote: “President Bush understands that the need to disarm Saddam Hussein is necessary. He has made that case to the United Nations Security Council. He’s made that case to the United States Congress. The entire world rallied behind this resolution that gives him one last chance. He has that chance, but time is running out.” [CNN, 1/26/03] ...........


nice picture, huh???

the nutmeg grater: ned lamont

the nutmeg grater: ned lamont#links

Condi Tickles the Ivories

nero fiddles as rome burns

don't ask, don't tell, but you STILL get booted

how silly, stupid AND SAD it is to dismiss someone from the military simply because they are gay. they'll take people who rape 14 year olds, but dismiss someone based on their sexuality. someone with a skill the army benefits a great deal from... ah well,

Army Boots Decorated Linguist 'Outed' By E-Mail

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified.
Bleu Copas, 30, told The Associated Press he is gay, but said he was "outed" by a stream of anonymous e-mails to his superiors in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.
"I knew the policy going in," Copas said in an interview on the campus of East Tennessee State University, where he is pursuing a master's degree in counseling and working as a student adviser. "I knew it was going to be difficult."
An eight-month Army investigation culminated in Copas' honorable discharge on Jan. 30 - less than four years after he enlisted, he said, out of a post-Sept. 11 sense of duty to his country.
Copas now carries the discharge papers, which mention his awards and citations, so he can document his military service for prospective employers. But the papers also give the reason for his dismissal. ...........

eff them

they say they are charging what they charge because prices are up. they're not gouging us or anything. they HAVE to pay the piper. yeah right. they ARE the piper and we are the rats being led to the drowning pool. (where's jed, jethro, grannie and ellie mae when you need 'em?)

Exxon Posts $10 Billion Profit, Shares at New High

By Deepa Babington, Reuters

NEW YORK (July 27) - Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest public oil company, on Thursday reported quarterly profit surged 35 percent to more than $10 billion, driven by yet another quarter of sharply higher oil prices.
The results sailed past Wall Street forecasts and sent its shares to an all-time high, but quickly triggered a fresh wave of outrage from U.S. lawmakers and consumer groups angry at Big Oil's profiting handsomely while gasoline prices soar.
"While American families get tipped upside down and have their savings shaken out of their pockets at the gas pump, the Bush-Cheney team devises even more ways to line Big Oil's pockets," Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in a statement on Exxon's profits. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee..........

it's worse than i thought

the deaths of the four un workers really WAS on purpose (not unlike the attack on the uss liberty i mentioned a few days ago). i don't get it. i will never get it. (don't misunderstand, i am NOT pro-hezbollah. i am NOT pro anything but PRO PEACE PRO UNDERSTANDING PRO LIVING IN UNITY)

Report: U.N. observers' calls unheeded


By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Jul 26, 6:19 PM ET
U.N. observers in Lebanon telephoned the Israeli military 10 times in six hours to ask it to stop shelling near their position before an attack killed four observers and sparked international anger with Israel, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
The U.N. observation post near Khiam came under close Israeli fire 21 times Tuesday — including 12 hits within 100 yards and five direct hits from 1:20 p.m. until the peacekeepers' post was destroyed at 7:30 p.m., Jane Lute, assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping, told the U.N. Security Council in New York.
U.N. officials said Hezbollah militants had been operating in the area of the post near the eastern end of the border with Israel, a routine tactic to prevent Israel from attacking them.
"We did repeatedly in recent days say (to Israel) that this was an exposed position, that Hezbollah militants were 500 meters (yards) away shielding themselves near U.N. workers and civilians," U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said. "That's why it is so inexplicable that what happened happened."
Israeli officials had told the United Nations that the bombing around the base was part of an "an aerial preparation for a ground operation," said the senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.........

more on the united states NOT wanting a cease fire

now, when i say the united states here, i'm NOT talking about the citizens of the united states. i am only speaking of king george and his court jesters. i think the citizens of this land have souls so they indeed WANT a cease fire, not only in lebannon BUT EVERYWHERE.

No Consensus in Lebanon Cease-Fire Talks

Jul 26, 10:37 PM (ET)By VICTOR L. SIMPSON

ROME (AP) - Top U.S. and European officials agreed Wednesday on the need for urgent action to halt the fighting in Lebanon and on the creation of a multinational force to keep the peace. But the two sides had starkly divergent views of what that means.
Most Europeans want Israel to stop its offensive against Hezbollah now - which would leave Hezbollah battered but defiant. The United States wants to give Israel more time to pound the militia into submission as part of the wider war on terror.
The foreign ministers and other senior officials from 15 nations, as well as U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and representatives from the European Union and the World Bank, agreed in Rome on a declaration that expressed "deep concern" for the high number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, where government officials say hundreds of people have been killed. Israel, Iran and Syria did not attend the meeting..........

Lebanon premier Fuad Saniora and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, attend a press conference at La Farnesina Foreign Ministry in Rome Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at the end of a Mideast conference on Lebanon. Top U.S. and European officials called Wednesday for an end to the violence in Israel and Lebanon and the establishment of an international force to keep the peace _ but they did not unanimously call for an immediate cease-fire or provide details on the proposed force. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

if you have a dog chained up in your yard

(all day and all night), well #1 i don't know why the hell you HAVE a dog if that's the case and #2 please please please make sure that dog has adequate shelter and water, especially in this intense heat. and of course i don't have to say this but i will NEVER leave your dog in the car in weather like this. YOU wouldn't last long in a hot car (it gets WELL OVER 100 degrees VERY quickly) so they wouldn't either.

Dogs who are left unattended in back yards, even for a few minutes, face
danger every day of the year. They are abducted, poisoned, and beaten, and they
suffer from stress and loneliness. In the winter, they suffer from frostbite,
hypothermia, and dehydration

Heat Wave Spells Death for ‘Backyard’ Dogs

What Climbing Temperatures Mean for Dogs

The “dog days” of summer pose a particularly dangerous threat to “backyard” dogs: heatstroke. Many people know about the danger of leaving dogs inside cars during the warm summer months, when temperatures can climb to well above 100°F in just a matter of minutes. But for backyard dogs chained outside and deprived of water, shade, and ventilation, the threat of death has nothing to do with cars—even though they might be tethered to an old jalopy. Baking in the summer sun in a barren yard—day after day, week after week—takes its toll and kills many of these animals.
Beating the HeatBeating the summer’s oppressive heat is extra tough for dogs, because they can only cool themselves by panting and by sweating through their paw pads. Heatstroke can occur quickly and can result in brain damage or a gruesome death that’s often preceded by panic and seizures.............