Noteworthy News

Of course, by now, everyone knows that Rosa Parks died. A very brave lady, she really opened a lot of doors for oppressed people. I was surprised to learn, however, that she lived her life as a person of little means. She worked all her life but, in the end, rented a small apartment that she nearly got evicted from due to non-payment of rent. Eventually, the landlord offered to let her stay there, rent-free, as long as she wanted to. Another decent human being.

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Harriet Miers has a half-a-brain, after all. She's withdrawn her nomination for the Supreme Court.

The Human Rights Campaign said the withdrawal was an indication President Bush is afraid of losing his conservative base.

“Her withdrawal today demonstrates that the President is beholden to extremist groups rather than to the American people, said HRC President Joe Solmonese. --excerpt from article at 365gay.com

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A Michigan woman was fired from her part-time job for not showing up at work the day after she sent her husband off to war. She had told her employer that she would try to be back on the 17th of October but that, if she was too drained from the emotional experience, she would be back on the 18th for sure. She said goodbye to her husband on the 16th, came home and was exhausted from the emotions and the travel, and didn't go to work on the 17th. That day, her employer called her and told her to come in the next day and get her stuff, as she was being fired.

Guess the employer never had the privilege of sending a loved one off to war, eh?

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In San Bernardino, CA, the local sheriff has an overcrowding problem in his county jails. His solution? Sheriff Gary Penrod has stopped booking thieves, drug dealers, burglars and other non-violent suspects into San Bernardino County jails. Penrod's temporary solution means drug dealers arrested with as much as 24 pounds of illegal narcotics could be set free if they promise to appear in court.

Because we all know that drug dealers are good on their words, right?

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Sheryl Swoopes made room in her closet for clothes this week. "I'm just at a point in my life where I'm very happy, and I'm very content, and I want to be able to live my life and be who I am and not pretend anymore,'' she said by phone from her home in Houston. "And I feel like for seven, eight years, that's what I've been doing, pretending to be somebody that I'm not and to want something that I don't want.''

I hear ya, Sheryl. It took 40+ years for me.

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They're going to keep us in suspense for another day. But, it looks more and more like Rove and Libby might actually have indictments against them. Perhaps the house of cards is ready to topple, finally. Hopefully, that grand jury result will contain an indictment against Scott McClellan just for being a dipshit. I can't decide who I hate listening to worse -- McClellan or Chimpy.

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The NFL has decided to not black out the New Orleans Saints "home" game in San Antonio, Texas, even though it's not a sold out event. They're calling it "good will." How magnanimous of them. Deciding not to black out a game for a team whose base of fans is STILL baling water out of their basements, houses, and places of employment. Assuming, of course, those structures are standing enough to hold said water.