Below The Beltway

I am aware that blogging has been pretty sparse this week, but there are reasons for it. There’s been alot going on in my world and pretty much all of it has been distracting me from the blog. It also doesn’t help that there hasn’t been alot in the news worthy of writing about this […]

Carnival of the Clueless # 15 is up at Right Wing Nuthouse and includes this contribution from yours truly.

After three month in jail for refusing to reveal her source in the investigation of the leak of the identity of a CIA agent, New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been released from jail.
Miller, 57, has been jailed for contempt of court since July 6 for refusing to testify about conversations with news sources. […]

Last night’s results in the pennant race:
Yankees 4 Orioles 2
Red Sox 5 Blue Jays 4
Indians 6 Devil Rays 0
White Sox 4 Tigers 2
With their victory, the White Sox clinched the AL Central. That leaves the AL East and AL Wildcard undecided. The Yankees have a one game lead in the East and the Red Sox […]

That’s the only word capable of describing this incredibly sympathetic CNN portrait of Roman Polanski, currently a fugitive from justice for raping a 13 year old girl.

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating reports that police officers were involved in the post-Katrina looting. Here are the findings so far.
Police spokesman Marlon Defillo said police are looking into the possibility that up to 12 officers were involved in misconduct.
The Police Department has 1,750 officers.
He rejected the use of the term “looting” […]

You know the Republican Party is in trouble when an editorial like this appears in the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader
THE FEW elected Republicans in Washington who actually hold in their hearts the ideology printed in the party?s platform have drawn battle lines over federal spending for hurricane relief. The fight, however, is about more than […]

Its been a month since Katrina hit, but the moonbats are still coming out.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ? A state senator in Alabama says Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment on a sinful part of America.
State Sen. Hank Erwin, R-Montevallo, wrote in a weekly column for news outlets: “New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast have always […]

John Roberts Confirmed by the Senate
The Senate confirmed John Glover Roberts Jr. as chief justice of the United States, replacing the late William H. Rehnquist, the mentor for whom he clerked.
He is to take the oath of office later today at the White House and will participate on Monday — the first Monday in October […]

An excellent point about Tom DeLay’s alleged infractions by fellow Life, Liberty & Property blogger Capital Freedom
All the campaign finance reform laws in the world don’t make politicians more responsible with other people’s money. But the real threat is not with the use of voluntarily contributed funds — it is with the use (and misuse) […]