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There are two things that tripped up Eliot Spitzer: One, he needed large amounts of money which had to be laundered so that its purpose would not be traced (and which was eventually traced to the escort club anyway) and two, his "date" blabbed about their relationship.
If she kept quiet then it would only be speculation as to what really happened and more importantly if the sex only cost a few hundred bucks then the large money transfers would never have flagged the bank which eventually alerted the Feds.

Here's my suggestion for current Governors, Senators, and Congressman: since this country is so anal about sex, perhaps they should engage in a more discreet variety of sex where the object of their affection won't talk to reporters and the cost is more reasonable than $1,000 per hour.

Silicone dolls are available that are anatomically suited for the sex trade. A very pretty doll can be rented for only a few hundred bucks and you can be sure she won't repeat any dastardly deeds done to her. If your needs are more than an occasional fling, you can purchase one for less than $10,000 and it can be paid for with a check or credit card, so no money laundering is required. Then, your only expense is cleaning the unit. And yes, the company can discreetly bill the item as an entertainment system.

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Oblogatory Anecdotes alerted us to this report: Last Friday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted a Court of Appeals ruling and vowed to have the ruling reversed or act legislatively to protect the rights of home schoolers. Read the full story here and read the Second Appellate District Ruling which said that children educated at home must be taught by a credentialed teacher.

Actually, the court was merely re-affirming a law that was already in existence since 1950 - to wit: that children have to be educated in a public school, an accredited private school, or with an accredited tutor. But it is feared that the law which previously had been ignored might now be strictly enforced.

Every state has laws that should have been removed at the turn of the previous century, that is, in 1900. We've all read with amusement that boogers may not be flicked into the wind in Alabama; that it is illegal to allow moose to have sex on city streets in Fairbanks, Alaska; that Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs in Arizona; that it is illegal to buy or sell blue light bulbs in Arkansas; and thousands of other silly, useless, counterproductive laws, see Crazy Laws.

If one is stuck with a ridiculous present from a relative, one should simply hide it in an attic and ignore it. It would be wrong to put in in plain view and ask all our friends and relatives to admire it. That would be uncivilized. In a like manner, Appellate Courts should ignore or remove laws that are plainly ridiculous. It is gross error to ask us to obey them.

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I had fun on Blog Talk Radio this morning on the First Edition of A Newt One's Blogging in Hi Def Live, see direct audio link below. One of the topics we covered is what liberals think about the Iraq War. I said on the program that liberals are not opposed to War in Iraq, per se, but simply because that war does not advance their agenda. That if Bush had said we are going to attack Iraq and we would sell the oil to fund Universal Health Care that no liberal would then be opposed to the war.

I would like to expand more on that thought here.

I believe liberals and leftists do not oppose war because they fear the loss of our soldiers' lives or hate violence or worry about innocent civilians being killed or because war is stupid. Let's think about this.

Leftists, liberals, defeatists, appeasers, whatever we call them, pretend to care about the loss of American lives in Iraq. But if they care so much about our soldiers and have so much compassion for them why does Code Pink picket VA hospitals with signs that mock their sacrifice with messages such as "why isn't war a war crime?" Is that showing compassion for the troops, telling men who have lost arms and legs that they have participated in a war crime? What kind of animals are these people?

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