irreality

I understand that mistakes can be made, and sometimes things slip through the vetting process… but 4 times now?

Timothy Geithner (our new Secretary of Treasury) not only failed to pay all of his taxes, he was also one of the regulators who seemingly turned and looked away while Citigroup spun towards what would become the biggest bank rescue in US history.  Tom Daschle, in addition to having been paid over 5 million dollars by various health insurance companies and hospitals, hasn’t paid over $120k in taxes, and as such has withdrawn his nomination to head up the Department of Health and Human Services.

But wait, there’s more.  Nancy Killefer withdrew her nomination to be the nations first “chief performance officer” due to issues regarding payroll taxes on her household help.   And of course, let’s not forget Bill Richardson, who withdrew his nomination for commerce secretary due to a grand jury investigation over how New Mexico’s state contracts were issued to political donors.

So again I say to you, Mr. President – what the fuck is going on here? You know, when private citizens fail to pay taxes, we generally are hit with fines and penalties, not nominations to public office.

Twenty five year old redneck douche bag Jimmy Booth was arrested by the Shreveport, Louisiana police department yesterday, accused of second degree battery.  Seems that Jimmy and his three Longview buddies were out partying near Shreveport when they ran into the thirty two year old Kaylon Johnson at a gas station, and decided to beat the shit out of him while yelling racial slurs at him and President-Elect Barack Obama.

Kaylon had been minding his own business, but happened to be wearing an Obama tshirt and was committing the terrible offense known as being black.  He suffered a broken nose, a broken tear duct and a broken eye socket, and will require at least two surgeries to repair the damage.