Mmmmmm.... Your favorite place! You may not have been able to experience it in reality, but hopefully this will provide a virtual experience of some sort!
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Her Favorite Place
Mmmmmm.... Your favorite place! You may not have been able to experience it in reality, but hopefully this will provide a virtual experience of some sort!
"The Broker" vs. Abramoff
I'm currently reading "The Broker", another John Grisham classic. Interestingly, the current mess on K Street with Abramoff has several parallels to Grisham's story - it's actually quite timely to be #1. So the question is: Does Grisham know something we don't and is he trying to tell us something in his book?! Did he know about the Abramoff scandal before it broke?!
Of course Grisham does not know anything more than we do today. But, it's a great book for the current time.
More interestingly, the person sitting next to me a flight this evening was reading the same book and agreed that there are several parallels between the book and mess at the sewage known as K Street.
Of course Grisham does not know anything more than we do today. But, it's a great book for the current time.
More interestingly, the person sitting next to me a flight this evening was reading the same book and agreed that there are several parallels between the book and mess at the sewage known as K Street.
The K Street Gutter
K Street NW, Washington DC = a sewage.
The Washington Post reports "One of Washington's top lobbying operations will shut down at the end of the month because of its ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former House majority leader Tom DeLay.
Alexander Strategy Group, which had thrived since its founding in 1998 thanks largely to its close connections to DeLay (R-Tex.), will cease to operate except for a relatively small business-development division, Edwin A. Buckham, the former top DeLay aide who owns the company, said yesterday."
The Washington Post reports "One of Washington's top lobbying operations will shut down at the end of the month because of its ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former House majority leader Tom DeLay.
Alexander Strategy Group, which had thrived since its founding in 1998 thanks largely to its close connections to DeLay (R-Tex.), will cease to operate except for a relatively small business-development division, Edwin A. Buckham, the former top DeLay aide who owns the company, said yesterday."
Monday, January 02, 2006
Rock Creek Park
Aaah yes, take a stroll through Rock Creek Park with someone you love... it's lovely!
Pickett's Charge
This is the site of Pickett's Charge as Confederates approached Union soldiers, only to be destroyed one at a time.
From Little Round Top
This is a view of Death Valley from Little Round Top. It's very moving to know that thousands of soldiers died here in 1863. Seminary Ridge and General Lee's line of soldiers were in the distance.
From Big Round Top...
I recently visited Gettysburg, PA and took a hike up Big Round Top. Here's a view from the Union stronghold.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
A Little Serious
I try not to be political here, however, the leading article in the Washington Post today just calls for a comment or two. (You can find the article here). Jack Abramoff is everthing I do not want to be, ever. He is everything I want to stay away from - so far, he seems to be a sleazy, corrupt, selfish, scandalous, lying... fill in the rest... man. Oh, and "Abramoff also worked on behalf of the apartheid South African government" according to the Post. So add the label racist as well. (Ironic that he supported the apartheid government given his Jewish heritage.)
What gets me more are comments from people like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who defend Abramoff saying "I think he's been dealt a bad hand and the worst, rawest deal I've ever seen in my life. Words like bribery are being used to describe things that happened every day in Washington and are not bribes."
Notice the "happened every day in Washington". And yet we have the audacity to go tell other countries, particularly developing nations - mostly in Africa - how to fight corruption and clean up their politics!
The good news is that such drivel is finally coming out, even on Capitol Hill, after being dragged out by Spitzer on Wall Street. May the Deity bless Abramoff's prosecutors.
What gets me more are comments from people like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who defend Abramoff saying "I think he's been dealt a bad hand and the worst, rawest deal I've ever seen in my life. Words like bribery are being used to describe things that happened every day in Washington and are not bribes."
Notice the "happened every day in Washington". And yet we have the audacity to go tell other countries, particularly developing nations - mostly in Africa - how to fight corruption and clean up their politics!
The good news is that such drivel is finally coming out, even on Capitol Hill, after being dragged out by Spitzer on Wall Street. May the Deity bless Abramoff's prosecutors.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
My Tree...
In keeping with tradition, here's my tree courtesy of a wonderful and very beautiful fellow Jayhawk... and, yes, it's a real tree!
Merry Christmas!
A very Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a wish for a happy, prosperous, blessed, and wonderful new year to you!
It's 55 degrees with sunny skies in the capital on Christmas eve - somewhat odd! But, perhaps it captures what the actual weather was like 2000 years ago. Soon to come: pictures of DC during Christmas - stay tuned!
'Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la... la la la....
It's 55 degrees with sunny skies in the capital on Christmas eve - somewhat odd! But, perhaps it captures what the actual weather was like 2000 years ago. Soon to come: pictures of DC during Christmas - stay tuned!
'Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la... la la la....
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