Ranting and some fun

Okay, it's been quite the hiatus, and I could make excuses but I won't. At any rate, here are a few things:

• This whole Mark Foley scandal bothers me. The acts that he committed are disgusting and disappointing, but what's really pissing me off is how everyone in the Republican leadership is playing like they're one of the three stooges. I don't care that they're the Republican Party, the party of supposed "moral values" and "not gayness." They should be held accountable. And I'm not being biased based on what I see as a gross hypocrisy - if this was a member of the Democratic party, I would be just as pissed, just as disgusted, and I would want to hold them just as accountable.
• There ain't nothin' like passing the buck, is there? From an AP Story discussing Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) and how the page program should be stopped for a while:

Meanwhile, LaHood, who also is from Illinois, said that it's not the speaker who should go and said the page program should be shut down, at least temporarily.

He questioned an "antiquated" congressional page system that brings 15-and 16-year-olds to the Capitol and has resulted in scandals in the past.

"Some members betray their trust by taking advantage of them. We should not subject young men and women to this kind of activity, this kind of vulnerability," LaHood said in a CNN interview. He said the program should be shut down until problems can be resolved.

OR, how about this theory (which seems to me like the obvious and logical choice): WE STOP ELECTING PEDERASTS TO CONGRESS. Yeah, it's such an "antiquated" system, that gives kids the opportunity to work on Capitol Hill and see firsthand how their government works. We need to start requiring responsibility and accountability from our elected officials, not just on this issue but on every one, and if everyone but Mark Foley gets away scot-free in this one, I'ma be real disappointed. Sickening, no?

• In non-ranting news, Check this out. Especially if you like movies. And especially if you have some time to waste.