Cheney Keeps Power from being restored to two Louisiana Hospitals in order to keep Pipeline running

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MSNBC reported this evening that shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck South Mississippi knocking out electricity and communication systems, calls came from the Vice President's office ordering power restored to a pipeline that sends fuel to the Northeast.

The Hattiesburg American and a post on Motherjones.com reveal that Jim Compton, general manager of the South Mississippi Electric Power Association, said he "reluctantly agreed to pull half our transmission line crews off other projects" which included restoring water to rural water systems and two rural hospitals - Stone County Hospital in Wiggins and George County Hospital in Lucedale.

"We were led to believe a national emergency was created when the pipelines were shut down," Compton said.

The story gets thicker from there, as The Hattiesburg American reports:

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I was wondering why people who support the gas tax recall are so up in arms about an eventual 9 cent increase over the next three years. You would think that Governor Gregoire had come into their house, raped the dog, shot the wife, and plundered the kids. They foam at the mouth about the fleecing of the citizens of the state, and now that prices are the highest ever we should immediately strike down the gas tax. To them I say this

Mind you, the profit is not annual, it is not bi-annual, it is quarterly. In three months this one company made ten billion dollars of profit. PROFIT! I suggest you read the article, memorize it, and pass all of that knowledge on to your conservative mouth breathing friends who so vehemently have their heads explode at the notion of an additional nine cents added to each gallon of gas.

A group of people for Tennessee just figured out why the war in Iraq isn’t going as smoothly as most of us her in the U.S. would like.

The Rev. Fred Phelps, founder of Westboro Baptist in Kansas, contends that American soldiers are being killed in Iraq as vengeance from God for protecting a country that harbors gays. The church, which is not affiliated with a larger denomination, is made up mostly of Phelps' children, grandchildren and in-laws.
The church members carried signs and shouted things such as "God hates fags" and "God hates you.

Stories like this make me wish the Department of Defense would expand its global fight against extremism.

Okay, I’ve had it. Let me give you my perspective to those of you who wish to put the smoking ban through. You see, I smoke. I like to smoke. I know that the chances are that I am going to die because of some smoking related illness is likely. I’m comfortable with that. I don’t want someone else to suffer because of my addiction, which is why whenever possible I smoke outside. That is one thing that I do out of courtesy. One exception I hold to that is for my favorite smoky dive bars. I love coming out of those places stinking of high heaven of smoke. I think the reason why is because when I was a kid my dad (who is a staunch anti-smoker) would come home at night from a bar, give me a big hug, and I would breathe in the smell of bar smoke. It was comforting to me. I’m getting off subject here, so I’ll get back. I don’t want some namby pamby do-gooder taking away my ability to enjoy one of my few pleasures, drinking cheap shitty beer and smoking cigarette after cigarette in a loud, smelly smoky bar.

Or.. What's Weak this Week?

Filibustering, Fake-Newsweek Reports, War-Profiteering... what a weak week! Alas, what was the weakest of the week?

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting taking on PBS!



Watch the clip after the break (Flash Animation) by Mark Fiore for a laugh at something which isn't that funny.

Or... What's Weak this Week?

Old school Puget Sound folks will remember Almost Live! a local sketch comedy show that was great until Joel McHale showed up and ruined it. Seriously. There aren't enough words in the English dictionary to talk about how horrible he was.

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