Infinite Monkeys
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Infinite MonkeysThis is a must read story from Thursday about a "dry run" by terrorists. You'll note that the link is from The Washington Times -- to date (according to a Google News search) the only MSM publication to report on the troubling report from the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security. And, mind you, this report is only public because The Washington Times, and my former colleague and friend Audrey Hudson, filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get an unredacted version. (The original report had — no joke — all but two sentences redacted.
Here are some choice excerpts (but read the whole story, or better yet, read the IG's report-link opens PDF):
"On the flight, 13 Middle Eastern men behaved in a suspicious manner that aroused the attention and concern of the flight attendants, passengers, air marshals and pilots," the report said. The men "walked in the aisle, appearing to count passengers," and "several men spent excessive time in the lavatories."
"One man rushed to the front of the plane appearing to head for the cockpit. At the last moment, he veered into the first-class lavatory, remaining in it for about 20 minutes," according to the report. One man carried a McDonald's bag into the lavatory, and "another man, upon returning from the lavatory, reeked strongly of what smelled like toilet bowl chemicals."
"Some men hand signaled each other. The passenger who entered the lavatory with the McDonald's bag made a thumbs-up signal to another man upon returning from the lavatory. Another man made a slashing motion across his throat, appearing to say 'No.' "
As the flight descended into Los Angeles, the report said, "four of the suspicious individuals stood up and made their way to the back of the plane," where "the individuals used the rear lavatory, and one of the men was doing stretching exercises/knee bends by the exit door."
Sounds like the Flying Imams of Minnesota to me. CAIR spokesmen, call your office. This is serious, and scary, stuff. The guys are lucky that the passengers didn't pull a Richard Reid takedown of the jerks.
Homeland Security officials initially denied the complaints and blamed passengers who reported the incident to the press as behaving hysterically. However, the inspector general report shows that air marshals had the group of men under surveillance before they boarded the plane.
Who needs CAIR to file a complaint when our own government is (1) denying this even happened and then (2) blame the sharp and patriotic messengers?
The coverup gets worse....
"This report is evidence of Homeland Security executives attempting to downplay and cover up an unmistakable dry run that forced flight attendants to reveal the air marshals and compel the pilots to open the flight deck door," said Robert MacLean, a former air marshal who was fired last year for revealing that the service planned to cut back on protection for long-distance flights to save money.
What the hell is going on in our government? An air marshal complains — not about the crummy hours and travel and (probably) low pay — but that the service should be working harder to keep Americans safer. And he's fired?
Meanwhile Granny is expected to endure fondling by strangers without complaint. Just hand over your nail clippers and keep quiet about real threatening behavior.
And as a footnote, Citizenship and Immigration Services extended the expired visas of these suspicious "musicians" after the flight — which they shouldn't have been able to get on in the first place because of...expired visas.
And we're supposed to take Bush seriously when he says that government can solve problems?
Ex-congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, last seen charging racism (and striking a Capitol Police officer) when a cop took one look at her and thought Unstable Bag Lady and not Gentlelady from Georgia, is now contemplating running for president on the Green Party ticket.
So I was wrong. I didn't actually think that the Green Party could be more ridiculous than it already is. I presume Lyndon LaRouche will be her running mate.
As our friends at Reason point out, she has listed impeaching President Bush as part of her agenda. Only a true visionary would think to impeach an ex-president she already replaced.
Run, Cynthia, run!
Everybody knows that newspapers are in deep, deep trouble. But, hoo boy.
Look, I'm not afraid to say it: Elizabeth Kucinich is a total babe.
(Yes, yes, how terribly sexist and un-progressive of me. But... good God!)
AppleTV starts to realize its potential.
Reason has a run down of all of the major party presidential field, from a libertarian perspective of course.
The NY Times has a fun article about wealthy investor Bill Hambrecht pursuing his dream of creating a new football league to compete with the NFL. He's already got one of the Google guys on board, as well as Mark Cuban, the rebellious owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.
You read the first half of the story thinking -- this could never work. The USFL failed. The XFL failed. The Arena Football League is a joke. The NFL is just the most powerful, profitable and successful pro league in history. And it will crush all in its wake -- just like always.
But then you get to the second half and start to think.....hmmmmm, maybe this crazy idea could work. That's the power of the listening to a successful dreamer like Hambrecht. It will be interesting to continuing following this story.
I can't believe it. I mean this is just a shock. Well, just last week, she just got out of rehab -- then went out partying for three straight days, then struck a pole with her car, then partied all night the next day. And now her lawyer drives her to rehab? That's just crazy talk.
In other news:
Paris Hilton is a slut.
The Yankees suck.
and Monkeys throw poo....
The guys at PowerLine report that Fred Thompson is poised to give the go-ahead for fundraising for a presidential bid.
I'm more impressed with Fred than H.L. Monkey -- because he at least expresses himself plainly. And he would certainly add .... what's the word.....oh, yes....GRAVITAS to the debates. Whether he'd make a good president is a very open question, but he should make a good debater. And as a candidate he'd sit well to the right of Rudy, force Romney to be sharper intellectually, and probably accelerate the John McCain fade/flame-out.
Besides, I just like the name "Fred." Delightfully old-school.
How wonderful it is to see Hillary Clinton -- whom the MSM tries mightily to convince us is a centrist -- be straight with the American people about her socialist dreams.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined a broad economic vision Tuesday, saying it's time to replace an "on your own" society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity.
The Democratic senator said what the Bush administration touts as an "ownership society" really is an "on your own" society that has widened the gap between rich and poor.
"I prefer a 'we're all in it together' society," she said. "I believe our government can once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none."
That means pairing growth with fairness, she said, to ensure that the middle-class succeeds in the global economy, not just corporate CEOs.
Hmmmm. Individual economic liberty? Or government-defined "fairness" -- which somehow always involves taking from the hard-working and prosperous to give to the less-so? I'll put my money on the former.
Hillary sure makes opposition research for her opponents easy. Do campaigns even pay big money for such research anymore in the age of Google? I'd do it for the eventual GOP candidate and ask for only beer as payment. Hell, I could do it while being as drunk as Kiefer Sutherland -- though even when tanked, I tend to remember I'm already smoking a cig before lighting up another one.
Venezuelan socialist nut-job strong-man Hugo Chavez says he's going to sue CNN for linking him to al-Qaida.
Oops.
CNN admits it was a mistake to juxtapose Hugo's mug with an AQ guy, yet Chavez's "information minister" (just love that classic commie title) is still livid:
"CNN broadcast a lie which linked President Chavez to violence and murder," he said.
Nah.....wouldn't want to point out how violently Hugo deals with peaceful protesters in his own country.
Yes. A choke hold on a grandmother holding a sign attached to a piece of balsa wood. No wonder the number of Venzuelans who think Chavez is trying to set up a dictatorship has gone from 40% to 60% in the last week. (A little slow on the uptake, those Venezuelans).
Besides, CNN should not be apologizing. They could simply point out Hugo's well-documented links to al-Qaida.
That is the opening line from this awful and intellectually lazy column by a woman who should know better, Linda Chavez.
An excerpt:
Unfortunately, among this group is a fair number of Republican members of Congress, almost all influential conservative talk radio hosts, some cable news anchors -- most prominently, Lou Dobbs -- and a handful of public policy "experts" at organizations such as the Center for Immigration Studies, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, NumbersUSA, in addition to fringe groups like the Minuteman Project.
As John Derbyshire points out in The Corner, Chavez's charge against Lou Dobbs is particularly strange. Yes, Dobbs started pounding the anti-illegal immigration drums when pounding them wasn't cool. But his wife is of Mexican descent. And if they are still married....well, that's good enough for me. Besides, Dobbs makes an economic argument against illegal immigration. It has nothing to do with race. Indeed, Dobbs has complained for years about outsourcing to China and India. Does that mean he hates Chinese and Indian people, too?
The above graph from Chavez -- indeed, her whole column -- is dripping with contempt and dishonesty about the principled rule of law/secure the borders position. Is it really racist to chafe at the sight of immigrants mocking the rule of law by entering illegally, refusing to assimilate, and demanding "rights" and benefits that only legal citizens of the United States have a proper claim to?
If so, tell that to Al Rodriquez, who formed You Don't Speak For Me in the wake of last year's illegal immigrant protests/goodie demands. His rhetoric against illegal immigration is up there with the best (or worst) that Chavez says is a disgrace. So, I guess Rodriquez is a self-hating Hispanic.
UPDATE
Bush jumped into the debate today, though he stopped (just) short of accusing opponents of this terrible immigration bill of being racists.
Those determined to find fault with this bill will always be able to look at a narrow slice of it and find something they don't like," the president said. "If you want to kill the bill, if you don't want to do what's right for America, you can pick one little aspect out of it.
"You can use it to frighten people," Bush said. "Or you can show leadership and solve this problem once and for all."
But can government solve this problem? When the government's solution to the flood of illegal immigrants is to put up signs warning drivers of the crossings?
Bush, nonetheless, has faith:
"A lot of Americans are skeptical about immigration reform, primarily because they don't think the government can fix the problems," Bush said.
Oh, how far we've come from Reagan's dictum: "Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."
Sure, you're under arrest. But that doesn't mean you can't say cheese.
Michael Yon tells a tale and reminds us what the holiday is all about.
Reilly, 76, was probably known best to Americans of a certain age as the guy with the captain's hat and the pipe on "Match Game." Of course, he was also a longtime presence on stage and screen, a Tony Award winner, and a great comedian.
Oh, and evidently he was gay. Who knew?
Hated hated hated hated it.
Now there's a book to reinforce my biases. Hurray!
This weekend you have lots of choices for Memorial Day tv viewing. My recommendation: My War Diary on The Military Channel. Despite one's position on the war, most folks ought to be engaged by the compelling video and story telling, interspersed with some amusing (and sometimes hilarious) antics of bored soldiers.
If you don't get The Military Channel, you can get a taste for some of the segments on YouTube. Fans of SNL's Lazy Sunday will do well to remember the amateur comedic status and as-hip-hop-as-Martin-Milner nature of the makers of Lazy Ramadi.
Lastly, Sgt. Sendelbach's 30 minute film of his unit's deployment Once Upon a Time in Iraq is an intense documentary. Anti-war types may want to skip the first few minutes of video to get past 9/11 footage and Bush speech clips. But once the still photos begin, tune back in. The kid's got a good eye.
Countdown until the spin becomes "censored and forced off the air" for Rosie 10...9...8...7...
(If you doubt it, go back and look at Bill Maher, who had "Politically Incorrect" stay on the air with poor ratings long after his 9/11 comments, but now is considered some kind of martyr.)
Take a look at the illustrated al-Qaeda torture manual. Even though it's only drawings, and of the skill level of your average 6th-grade art class or typical cartoonist in the Arab world, it is still disturbing. Not for the squeamish. It is certainly a level of torture a few notches above playing Britney Spears Christina Aguilera at an uncomfortable volume or failing to wear white gloves while placing the Koran in a sterile mini-hammock at Club Gitmo.
Drudge linked to The Smoking Gun's publication of al-Qaeda's torture manual on Thursday. So far, according to Newsbusters, the only MSM outlet to even report on the existence of the manual is Fox News.
Pathetic.
I seem to recall the papers and networks taking a bit of interest in the frat-house shenanigans at Abu Ghraib -- which was classified as torture and put several of our guys and gals in the brig. The poor souls who are under the thumbscrews and blowtorches of al-Qaeda would trade that in for an underwear hat any day.
Amnesty International? Not a word....except for calling (again) for the closing of Gitmo as the most important priority in the scare-quoted "war on terror."
Again, pathetic.
It goes without saying that the American people, and the military, expect more from our troops than al-Qaeda's level of morals and humanity. But we are at war with these monsters. Shouldn't our media give the public a bit of a taste of what we're up against? Or is reporting this important story just another form of pro-Bush propaganda?
The legal woes of Scooter Libby drag on, and on, and on. Inspector Javert insists that Libby deserves three years in jail for, well he can say it:
Libby "lied repeatedly and blatantly about matters at the heart of a criminal investigation concerning the disclosure of a covert intelligence officer's identity," Fitzgerald wrote. "He has shown no regret for his actions, which significantly impeded the investigation."
Libby shouldn't feel sorry about anything. The "heart" of Fitz's criminal investigation evaporated before the prosecutor even hired his staff. That would be when the Justice Department told Fitzy that the "leaker" of the worst "undercover" CIA employee ever was Richard Armitage (and that he didn't leak her name on purpose as a form of retaliation against Joe Wilson....indeed, Armitage was a Wilson sympathizer who opposed the Iraq War from the start).
And Libby's provable "lies" amounted to a combination of failing to remember the timeline and details of conversations -- among thousands -- a year earlier, and the conflicting memories of a few heavy-hitting reporters. These heavy hitters, mind you, also couldn't keep their stories straight.
Add to this the moronic jury, which expressed regret that they couldn't find Libby not-guilty and wish him to not be punished at all.
If I were Libby, I'd have no regrets either -- save, of course, the regret of working for an administration that has bankrupted him, soiled his reputation and has sat on its hands while an out-of-control prosecutor wants to put him behind bars for the biggest non-crime in Washington history.
Oh, and I'd also regret entering the prison with the name of "Scooter." He'd better bring some Vaseline with him to the er ... pokey.
Justice? Only if Bush pardons him...about 35 seconds after this unjust sentencing of a bogus prosecution.
Dick Cheney had it exactly right when he was miffed that John Edwards brought up his lesbian daughter during his veep debate in 2004. So was Lynne Cheney when she ripped JF Kerry a new one, calling him "not a good man" for pulling the "cheap and tawdry political trick" of mentioning their lesbian daughter to make a political point.
I remember hearing a lot, and empathizing a lot, with the idea that the Cheney's daughter had no business being dragged into the public eye in such a way.
So what to make of the Cheneys releasing an official photo to the press of them with their new granddaughter -- the result of artificial insemination in their daughter's lesbian relationship?
Congrats to the Cheneys for the new member of the family. But there is either a media blackout on the kids of politicians, or there isn't.
I'm pleased to welcome our new Monkey, Dr. Zaius.
I think it's fitting to welcome him with a copyright infringement fair-use song:
Hit and Run has assembled two posts dealing with Ron Paul's responses to some of the latest accusations aimed at painting him as a crazy old racist, veteran-hating, conspiracy nut.
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More updates on Establishment Republican apoplexy here, here, here.
More delightful hypocrisy.
I expected today to be five hours of whining cats in a car from Phoenix to Long Beach. As it turned out, after a little initial puking and pooping--fortunately not on my car seat*--they settled down to be a couple of nice, quiet, terrified, drooling little rugs.
Oh, and it was six hours. Stupid traffic.
And they love the new house.
* On my wife's lap.
Since I got my XM radio, I have not listened to talk radio as much lately, so I've been missing the Shock Jock lately. Today, for some reason. I stumbled onto Hugh's blog and saw this.
Hugh. Honestly. You need to chill. Your objections to Peggy Noonan's throw-away line about "temple garments" is just silly. It's not an "anti-Morman" drive-by. It's "a line." Nothing more. It's not disrespectful, insulting, or demeaning. It's just a somewhat clever line.
Jesus, get a grip.
XM Radio Rocks!
Echelon 2006 Pinot Noir Sucks.
But WTF, it has an alcohol content, so I'm happy.
The girls and I just heard from Mrs. Monkey for the first time in almost a week. She's off in China visiting some friends. We even got to use our iSight cameras and do a video iChat.
We live in amazing times. 100 years ago, if you wanted to have any communication at all with someone in China, you would send a letter, which would go on a boat, and in several months is MIGHT make it to its destination. Now you can video chat over the internet for zero incremental cost per call. In a normal week, Mrs. Monkey spends 30-60 minutes talking on the phone to Mrs. Friend-in-China, who has a Vonage line connected to their DSL connection.
What's the only thing people read on the editorial page? What some papers are dropping. It really is sad to see newspapers sink into oblivion.
Apologies to ex-Monkey Ben and all editorial writers, by the way. But remember, there's a lot of creative freedom in writing in a forum no one reads. Lord knows, that's what I love about this blog.
Jesse Walker at Reason's Hit and Run talks about Internet polling, what it's good for, and why it's absurd to exclude a candidate for having exactly what these polls measure: enthusiastic supporters.
We had nothing to do with this.
But we wish we did.
How do you know your "fringe" candidate is hitting a nerve?
1. The shills for the mainstream candidates won't stop talking about how he shouldn't be invited to the next debate.
2. The "impartial" debate moderators target him with insulting questions. (Click on Ron Paul's face. Paul's answer here is excellent, by the way.)
3. One of the front-runners resorts to screaming "9-11! 9-11!" and demands an apology when Paul dares to point out the obvious reality that our interventionist policies contributed to our being a target for terrorist attacks.
I have no illusions: Ron Paul will not be our next president. I'm disappointed that his presentation fails to live up to the content of his positions. But he's saying things that make the other candidates apoplectic, and that's good.
The establishment Republicans should stop sucking the elephant's c--- long enough to realize that when they abandoned principles in order to "win elections" they actually lost both.
Nutty optimism: Between the Republicans' and Democrats' current field, both parties show signs of imminent implosion. May the rise of the non-aligned and unpredictable independent voter end the two-party status quo. Or at least give us a few laughs as the ship goes down.
A thought experiment: Imagine a program so unconstitutional that even John Ashcroft won't sign off on it.
Oh, wait - you don't have to imagine.
Hat tip: My buddy Kevin from work
Well, this is just delightful.
I've been struggling to find a candidate for president who is worth a damn. Giuliani is too liberal. McCain is too megalomaniacal. Romney is interesting, but there's something about him that I cannot quite define that gives me pause. I don't think much of Fred Thompson or Newt Gingrich or the pitiful voters who hail either man as the Next Reagan or New Churchill or Latest Caesar. None of the second-tier or fringies appeal to me.
None, that is, except maybe this guy. If John Cox gets on the California ballot, I just might vote for him. If he doesn't, I just might write him in.
Welcome back, JamesPh! You suck!
Top 10 most recently purchased albums from the iTunes Music Store
1) "The Else," They Might Be Giants
2) "Prog," The Bad Plus
3) "Snakes and Arrows," Rush
4) "Seventh Star," Black Sabbath
5) "Hot Fuzz (Motion Picture Soundtrack)," Various Artists
6) "Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Recording," Various Artists
7) "V," The F---ing Champs
8) "VI," The F---ing Champs
9) "TV Greatest Hits Vol. 3," Various Artists
10) "Pac Man Fever," Buckner & Garcia
Top 10 most recently purchased songs/albums from eMusic
1) "UnReel," Randy Waldman
2) "Chamber Music of Lowell Liebermann," William Terwilliger, et. al.
3) "Reaching the Cold 100," Peter Green
4) "Rock en Espanol, Vol. 1," Los Straitjackets
5) "Supersonic Guitars in 3-D," Los Straitjackets
6) "Chamber Music," Paul Hindemith
7) "Not the Same Old Blues Crap 3 - Fat Possum Records," Various Artists
8) "Symphonic Organ Music," Various Artists
9) "The Devil in the Flesh," Marc-André Hamelin
10) "Frankly A Cappella," The Persuasions
Top 10 most recently played songs on iTunes
1) "Sick, Sick, Sick," Queens of the Stone Age
2) "Are You Passionate," Neil Young
3) "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," Quincy Jones
4) "Where Are You," Frank Sinatra
5) "Johnny B Goode," Judas Priest
6) "Do What You Like," Blind Faith
7) "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," Kaiser Chiefs
8) "Nature Boy," Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
9) "Nendeh" Spaceheater
10) "String You Up," Dash Rip Rock
The girls and I went to my in-laws yesterday for Mother's Day, and we took our dog, Jessica. Jessica likes the bunnies. When we were loading up the car to go home, she spotted a half-dozen cottontails munching on a neighbor's grass, and made a beeline for them. With the wisdom of Brer Rabbit, they headed straight for the briar patch, er, I mean a whole mess of jumping cholla cactus.
Jessica emerged COVERED in needles and hunks of cactus. They were in her mouth, piercing her tongue and cheeks, all over her feet and fur, etc. Horrifying. Fortunately, two of my brothers-in-law were still there, and we spent the better part of an hour tweezing needles from a terrified but remarkably compliant doggie.
The girls, Ook (7) and Eek (9), were also surprisingly composed. Concerned, but not freaking out. Later that night, when I was putting them to bed, I was explaining to each of them that we would try to take Jessica to the vet today, just to make sure she's okay, and that they might have to shave her (Jessica is a border collie mix with LOTS of thick hair) to make sure we get all of the needles. I explained that our nearby PetSmart has both groomers and a veterinary clinic on-site, so they can take care of everything.
Upon hearing that, Eek felt she needed to make sure I was considering the vets' motives: "Just remember, if they say something like, 'Oh, definitely, you should definitely get her shaved,' they're probably just trying to make money for the groomers."
That's my girl.
Oh, and when I mentioned today that I was calling the vets for an appointment, she said, "Just remember what I said last night."
Now THAT she gets from my wife.
I'm listening to Ozzy Osbourne being interviewed on the Bob & Tom Show and I am struck by one question.
What the F**k is he saying?
I guess the good news is that at least the Star Tribune did not outsource Lileks to India.
UPDATE: to paraphrase H.L. Monkey: Welcome Back! You Suck!
Yep, he posted the identical story and link just a few short days ago. And then along comes me, all clever and shit, linking to the same damn CNN story HLM did. What a maroon.
Of course I also saw Monkey RobbL's "deja vu" crack but I didn't get it. I thought "that didn't have anything to do with obscure iTunes downloads, Lew Rockwell, Ron Paul or hating cops. What the hell is he talking about?" Oh. Never mind.
Pretty cool blog. Maybe I should read it once in awhile.
Bastards!
Some preschoolers share their thoughts.
(Hat tip: BoingBoing.)
I've never much cared for Lew Rockwell or his arguments. But I always thought he was serious. Guess not.
For what it's worth, I don't think people are making fun of Paris Hilton for not wanting to go to jail. People are angry that an heiress and celebrity would presume to be above the law. But Rockwell doesn't much care for law -- the position of an anarchist, not a libertarian.
The man should be grateful (and I have no doubt that he is) that the Strib simply didn't outsource his job to India. Good grief!
"Jeez, folks, it’s not like they gutted Mencken in front of his family, or anything."
Mismanagement of an asset like James Lileks should be a firing offense for the decision makers at the StarTribune.
Why is Dow Jones worth billions? One major reason is that the Wall Street Journal is one of the few print publications to really understand the Internet. While the StarTribune dinosaur slowly lurches its way into the tar pits, I hope someone out there in the media world grabs Lileks and uses his gifts to their full potential.
Maybe Lileks' first "beat Internet" story should be a series on what it is like to interview for a better job in the new media world...
Wait a second, doesn't the whole world hate America? Then why would the French elect a pro-American candidate? Has the mainstream media misled us?
Actually, it's far more complex than that. Just as I believe the victory of the Socialists had a different meaning than the U.S. media spun it, I think the conservative victory in France had more to do with discontent over Islamic immigrants, and broader discontent about the French economy. Is this the beginning of a new Thatcher/Reagan era in the world? No, but it might the beginning of something good.
We're in the process of moving back to California, and our new house has a stray cat that's been hanging around. This is a problem because a) we have cats, who will be spending some time outside (when they make the move in a couple of weeks) and b) this stray cat is covered in scabs. While Scabbie is friendly, we're worried that what he has might be contagious. Oh, and he hasn't be neutered. So we decided that to put some food out to try to catch him, take him to a vet, have him checked out and fixed, and try to find an equivalent of the excellent no-kill shelter where we got our cats to take him to.
But a few minutes ago, we heard something outside, and saw a distinctive black-and-white creature eating all of the cat food. I tried to convince my wife that maybe Scabbie had just gone under a freshly painted white fence, but there was no mistaking this fellow. Sacrebleu!
As much as I enjoyed "Schoolhouse Rock" as a kid, some of the "America Rock" cartoons are statist propaganda. "I'm Just A Bill" is a good example: Should we really get EXCITED when another law gets passed? Should we feel sorry for the poor anthropomorphized bill if he doesn't? Puhleez.
But here's a rare, recently unearthed gem that put a smile on my face:
(Hat tip: Deuce)
After repeatedly being caught on camera abusing people, surely the LAPD has cleaned up its act. Right? Right? Unfortunately not.
Not with freedom-loving, responsible congressional representatives like this guy watching over things:
Jeez, what a scumbag.
(Hat tip: The Colbert Report)
