HowieÂ’s Roundup: Lobby Blender Edition

All this talk of Lobby reform is OK. But we do have a check that is supposed to balance corporate and special interest money against the interest of the people. That check is the representative or Senator that the people elect, pay, provide the greatest heath care plan on the planet, pay their staff and give them a very, very cool place to work. I think Tom Coburn (R rep. OK) said it best on NPR last week.

Until we change the motivation that the next election is more important than the next generation we wonÂ’t solve problems, the problem is us.

Anxious to distance themselves, the Democrats are. More than one reason, they have.

The Filthy Report : Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV): "Law-Enforcement Authorities And Others Said The [Abramoff] Investigation's Opening Phase Is Scrutinizing ... Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat ..."

Oh and when Fox gets the transcript up check out Dean attemting to defend this against Wallace.

FOXNEWS : WALLACE: So if we find — and I just want to — we have to wrap this up. But if we find that there were some Democrats who wrote letters on behalf of some of the Indian tribes that Abramoff represented, then what do you say, sir?
DEAN: That's a big problem, and those Democrats are in trouble, and they should be in trouble. And our party, if the American people will put us back in power in '06, we will have on the president's desk things that outlaw all those kinds of behaviors. Right now it's a Republican scandal. Maybe they'll find that some Democrats did something wrong, too. That hasn't been the case yet.

IÂ’ll add Mr. Wallace's links when I get in Monday(done). Nope Mr. Dean YÂ’all suck, both sides. To the blender with them!

Hmm I wonder which group of scoundrels I would vote for or if there was no one else and he had at least some brains and some talent maybe. But not the nutty bunch. Or even the new nutty bunch over the old nutty bunch.

Hat Tip: Instapundit.

More Blender on "high" links for your reading pleasure.

Good news From Iraq Roundup From Vonski.

I missed posting on this topic last week, so I apologize if you came by last Friday hoping to find the article up. CNN didn't report on my failure to produce, so I must be somewhat safe.

No the map thing was cool really.

Michael Yon at USA today. Don't miss Michael's new site here!

Captain Ed single-handedly saves Canada from certain ruin! But we knew he could.

RockyMountainNews : Morrissey then published reports on his Captain's Quarters Web site. Canadian media continued to obey the publication ban, but Canada's CTV reported on the existence of Morrissey's site, which soon was attracting hundreds of thousands of readers daily.

ABCÂ’s Bob Woddruff injured in roadside bomb attack.

ABCNEWS : Woodruff, Vogt and their four-man team were traveling in a convoy with Iraqi security forces in Taji, Iraq. They had been embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and were in a mechanized vehicle when the explosive went off. The explosion was followed by small arms fire.

Prayers and good wishes for a speedy recovery to all involved, less the enemy, including the Iraqi Army unit they were traveling with.

Powerful clicking action from Powerline.

So there we have it: just another routine morning of Bush-bashing in the liberal press. There are too many Ahabs to count, all single-mindedly hunting the same whale.

I did my taxes yesterday.

Democratic Tax Cut : They tell you it is a tax cut. You have two lawyers, a tax accountant and spend another 78 hours and 500 dollars documenting your right to said tax cut. Then attach schedule A to for B with notarized copies of all supporting documents. Retain copies in triplicate and lawyer for 27 years, put aside bail money.

Republican Tax: Enter amount in Box 12 on line x. kaching!

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