Random Nuclear Strikes

But I bet you still probably haven’t heard about it.

Former Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy pleads guilty to defrauding U.S. of $25,000 in benefits

At his plea hearing, Levy admitted that in January 2003 he submitted an application that contained false and fraudulent statements in support of his claim for financial benefits. Levy admitted that he falsely claimed that he twice was abandoned during battle by his South Vietnamese troops and left alone in the jungle for several weeks, which caused him to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, according to U.S. Attorney Chris Christie.

Levy admitted that he falsely stated that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Parachutist’s Badge. Furthermore, Levy falsely claimed that he had successfully completed Airborne School and that during the course of his military service successfully parachuted up to 100 times. Levy admitted that he falsely claimed to have injured his shoulder during Airborne School and while participating in military operations. Levy stated that he never completed Airborne School and that he never parachuted from an aircraft during his military service.

And now it is time to play Name That Party!

Don’t bother going through the whole article. It isn’t in there.

You should go here.

Won’t we?

After the loss of Congress for the Repubs in 2006, there were two schools of thought as to why it happened:

A. Iraq, Iraq and Iraq

B Corruption and Runaway Spending/Pork

Personally, I am still in the B column of folks, however, with the Democrat override of Bush’s veto on the pork-filled Water Works Appropriations bill, we’ll see just how fed up with out-of-control spending the American people really are.

The reaction on the floors of Congress was laughable. They complained that Bush had no problem spending money on the war in Iraq, but wouldn’t approve of a bill that grew over 50% in conference. One might have expected at least a few members to point out that arguing over who gets to spend the most money hardly gives Congress much credibility. It’s like watching spouses fight over spending by continually going to the mall.

Harry Reid extolled the value of legislatures while praising this veto override. He claimed that Bush had ignored Congress for seven years. If only we could ignore a Congress that refuses to exercise even a modicum of discipline on its spending processes. Under Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, and unfortunately with the participation of Republicans in this instance, the legislative branch has proven itself an undisciplined compulsive-spending machine. Their override of this veto shows that a massive House- and Senate-cleansing is in order.

“Draining the Swap”?

More like “Training the Swamp”.

Oh, and run a check around the left-wing blogs. Not a fucking peep.