In Bad Taste, Huckabee, In Bad Taste

Today, at the National Rifle Association convention, Republican presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee gave a speech. During this speech, his ego, witt, and lack of judgement clearly got the best of him. As he heard a loud noise that interrupted his speech, Huckabee said: “That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He’s getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he — he dove for the floor.”

Bad joke, bad taste, and bad, bad politics.

…and this man is a minister? Oh, the irony.

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Ford Motors Takes A Huge Hit

Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 655,000 Ford F-150’s and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks to correct a hose that could affect the vehicles’ braking power and possibly lead to accidents. The automaker is issuing the recall of 2005-2006 versions of the trucks with 5.4 liter 3-valve engines. This information was made public on Wednesday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood says more than 600,000 of the trucks are in the United States, 50,000 are in Canada, and 1,500 are in other countries elsewhere in the world. Ford reports that there have been 11 minor accidents and no injuries tied to the issue. Dealers will replace the hose at no charge to consumers. Owners are expected to be notified in late June, and the recall is expected to begin in July.

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Miley Cyrus Must Not REALLY Be Embarrassed

Poor girl. She bitches at a famous photographer after agreeing to photos for Vantiy Fair. Her parents not only were present at that shoot, but clearly no one including Miley herself truly wanted to stop her image from going south. Here is a little evidence of that. Check out this “Got Milk?” advertisement.

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No Jail For Amy This Time

Amy Winehouse is free without worry of being prosecuted for the video tape handed to the police sometime in January. A spokeswhore for Wino released the following statement Wednesday morning:
“Police have confirmed that no action will be taken against Amy Winehouse in relation to an investigation into a video handed to them in January. She was questioned by policelast week and released on unconditional bail. They have now concluded their enquiries and no charges will be brought. Amy’s bail date to return to Limehouse police station has been cancelled, bringing this matter to an end.
Amy is pleased to be able to move on and concentrate on music and particularly looks forward to seeing herfans again at eagerly awaited festival performances this summer.”

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Hillary Just Does NOT Get It

Hillary Clinton wins big in West Virgina amidst every major political expert sayiing she cannot win, even with tonight’s victory. She is now losing in the super delegates number, and iit seems like her entire motivation is to pay her growing 21-million dollar debt. During her speach after her victory, she is in the shadow of her own, biggest fan, James Carvel, who has finally come out to say she cannot win. Yes, the very man who called Governor Richardson a “Judas”, now is defecting himself. She cannot win. It is mathematically impossible. The question arises: is she a republican in disguise? Exit polls suggest, even in West Virginia, that democrats donot feel she has her same values. Is this about her ego, the American people, or the aiding in a third term for the Bush-ites?

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Man Arrested For making 12 year old a Dominatrix

Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment accusing Todd B. Barkau, 35, of New York state, and a 44-year-old woman of training the woman’s child to be a dominatrix, selling her sexual services and photographing some of the acts. U.S. Attorney John Wood said the case is unusual in that a parent has been charged with the commercial sex trafficking of his or her own young child. Having once lived together in Blue Springs, Missouri, the sex business was supposedly run.

“Barkau obtained control of a 12-year-old girl and he groomed, trained and forced her to become a sexual dominatrix,” the U.S. attorney said in Kansas City on Monday. The mother’s name is not being published to protect the identity of the daughter, now 20. Both suspects will likely be held in federal custody without bail, according to a motion filed by federal prosecutors.

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The indictment says the training began in 2000, when the girl was only 12. It also says she was forced to engage in sex acts with him and with other men. According to the indictment, he also had the girl watch pornography on the Internet as a teaching tool. Further, Barkau used the internet to market the girl and her services for about two years. The mother is charged with encouraging and participating in the venture, the indictment says.

Prosecutors will reportedly seek $80,000 the couple is accused of having made through sex trafficking.

ANOTHER Cult in Texas Busted

This is not the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ ranchthat was raided last month in Eldorado after receiving reports that underage girls were being forced to marry much older men. Instead, this is the House of Yahweh, a much darker sect that the state has been investigating for quite a long time. In February, the group’s 73-year-old leader, Yisrayl Hawkins, was charged with performing polygamous weddings and forcing about 40 children — some as young as 11 — to work at his 44-acre compound found behind guarded, ornate gates at the end of a rural road.

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Pentagon Official Ordered To Stay Away From Trial

A military judge’s ruling that a Pentagon lawyer improperly pressured prosecutors could hurt efforts to try top al Qaeda suspects held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann has been ordered to stay out of the prosecution of Osama bin Laden’s driver. The ruling judge says that Hartmann, the legal adviser to the Office of Military Commissions, exerted improper influence on the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan “troubling” and ordered Hartmann to stay out of Hamdan’s prosecution.

Defense attorney Charles Swift said the ruling is likely to stall the pending case against Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver and bodyguard, and complicate the prosecutions of other al Qaeda figures before the military courts set up by the Bush administration.

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Law and Order Star Busted For Unregistered Gun at Airport

Law & Order star, Dennis Farina, was booked on felony charges after being caught with an unregistered, loaded .22 calibre hand gun at LAX airport Sunday morning when his briefcase was searched at the security checkpoint. The pistol was loaded, furthering the severity of the find. He was being held on 25k bail. He was still in custody as of Sunday afternoon.

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McCain’s Pick To Run RNC Convention Tied to Myanmar Junta

John McCain’s choice for the man who would run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report surfaced that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.

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Goodyear, chief executive of lobbying firm DCI Group, resigned a few hours after Newsweek posted a story posted online that the company was paid $348,000 in 2002 and 2003 to represent Myanmar’s junta.

Military is as military does. War breeds war. Wars make money for the few, so John McCain seems to always surround himself with pro-war people, doesn’t he? 100 more yers in Iraq? Maybe McCain should call the Junta in Myanmar to suggest leting us help them, since they won’t let the US in. Better yet, have Doug Goodyear call.

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