analysis of Sampson testimony:  what is in your lower right hand desk drawer?

Viewed in all dimensions, the firing by the Justice Dept. of eight US Attorneys is extraordinarily sordid.  There are obvious, if agressive steps that this society can take to fight back, and given the threat to the independent judiciary, these steps should be taken.  Here are two suggestions:

Well, here is one group of voters the Bush Administration CLEARLY has written off.  Today, Election Day eve, my Tulane graduate daughter, who was last August a registered Louisiana voter and whose car was registered in Louisiana, got a letter from FEMA, and, ostensibly from Kathleen Blanco also (although I don't believe she could possibly know about this) demanding its $2000 back because "The damaged dwelling is not your primary residence."  

The day the people overseeing pages became aware of Congressman Foley's "overfriendly" emails to a page should have been Congressman Foley's last day in the Republican, or any self-respecting caucus, for a half dozen completely obvious reasons.  What more need be said?  Well, a little more.

What I love about the Whittington Affair is that it is like an Agatha Christie murder mystery where all the weekend guests at the estate have something to hide.

It seems to me the Right has given iconic status to what I call "choirboys," certain devout, bookish, fiftyish married Catholic yes-men.  These men are products of and utilizers of the parochial primary and secondary school system, but also demonstrated sufficient academic prowess of a sort to then go on and attend leading universities and Ivy League law schools. During their college years, they were ignored or made fun of by their peers by dint of being politically conservative and socially straight-laced in an era when campuses on the whole were anything but. In no small part, rejection by their campus peers informs their world view.

Compare this:

http://www.okcu.edu/law/facultyandadministration/facadmin_adjunct.html

With Brown's Findlaw resume:

Oklahoma City University School of Law, 1987 - Present
Adjunct Professor in State and Local Gov't. Law, Legislation

What gives?  Since he spent that time largely in Colorado and Washington, it must have been a virtual classroom!  I have contacted findlaw on this!!

And if not, why not.  I checked the Oklahoma Bar Ass'n website and he is not registered as a lawyer in Oklahoma.  

Michael Chertoff on CNN:

"This wasn't just a hurricane, it was a hurricane that was followed by a flood."

So could we say:

"This wasn't just a break-in.  It was a break-in that was followed by a robbery."

"This wasn't just a fall down the stairs.  It was a fall down the stairs followed by a broken arm."

this is my first diary entry ever.  I am the parent of a Tulane University senior.  

Tulane University is the largest employer in New Orleans.  It is the third largest employer in Louisiana.  More than its buildings and its bars, New Orleans is its people.  And its people need to have their stream of income uninterrupted.