It’s the same old story. We don’t know when it was recorded, if he is still alive, if there are hidden messages in the video, etc.
The media and bloggers on the left are gleefully lumping the rest of the conservative movement in with these wackos. I’ll just say, for the record, that I find their behavior absolutely disgraceful. Christian fundamentalism and intolerance are not prerequisites for conservatism. These people did nothing to advance their religion, nothing to advance conservatism, nothing to advance American ideals. They’re an embarrassment.
Or so he seems to think:
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) acknowledged Monday night that his number appears on telephone records of the alleged D.C. Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, and issued an apology.
“This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible,” Vitter said in a statement released by his office.
“Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling,” he added. “Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there — with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way.”
There’s almost too much hypocrisy to catalog here. Respect for his family – when did that start? Invoking God’s name in attempt to weasel out of a scandal? It’s the oldest, and lamest, trick in the book. I’m less offended by Vitter’s “very serious sin” than I am by this statement.
There is a bright side however. David has to face Wendy Vitter:
“I’m a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary,” Wendy Vitter told Newhouse News. “If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.”
“I think fear is a very good motivating factor in a marriage,” she added. “Don’t put fear down.”
Boeing’s communication folks know how to launch a new plane:
The 787 Dreamliner Premiere was broadcast live in nine different languages via satellite to more than 45 countries and webcast via www.newairplane.com. Former NBC news anchor and best-selling author Tom Brokaw served as the master of ceremonies for the event.
Approximately 15,000 people attended the Premiere at the Everett, Washington Stta., final assembly factory. More than 30,000 participated via two-way satellite into the event in Everett from Japan, Italy and locations in the United States. As many as 90 other locations around the globe involving 787 customers, partners and many Boeing employees also chose to download the event live or watch it pre-recorded and host their own viewing event.
In all, the 787 Premiere potentially reached 100 million or more viewers, making it one of the largest corporate TV and Internet broadcasts in history.
The launch site is still up and has loads of multimedia for those of you who missed the live event.
This isn’t this guy’s first arrest for this sort of thing. It’s just a matter of time before he takes out some innocent folks with his eco-friendly death machine:
The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for allegedly speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff’s official said.
Al Gore III — whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming — was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy at about 2:15 a.m..
A subsequent search yielded a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin and Adderall, said sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino. There were no prescriptions found, he said.
I almost feel sorry for him. It must suck being Al Gore’s son.
Rare good news:
“The last 16 weeks have been the very worst of my life,” he said at a press conference a few hours after being freed.
“It was like being buried alive, being removed from the world [with] occasionally very terrifying people who were dangerous and unpredictable and frightening.”
“The stresses are absolutely huge,” he said.
“It’s a battle to keep your mind in the right place.”
He said he felt “unimaginable relief” upon his release.
“I’ve dreamt, literally dreamt, many times of being free again and I would always wake up in that room.”
It was hard for him to believe, Johnston said, that he will not wake up back in captivity again.
He said his captors were not violent, although they were often “rude and unfriendly” and sometimes threatened his life.
Hamas wants to take credit for this, claiming that they have lines of communication open with the Army of Islam. Whatever. I’m pleased, but not impressed, when terrorists release their captives.
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