Yay!!! Its over. Eddie "The Hat" Jordan resigned from his position as District Attorney! Happy Halloween everybody!!! Maybe the souls of the dead have been haunting him for letting their killers go free. Oooooooooooo.

Tim Russert thinks he's so clever. Needless to say, trying to make Dennis Kucinich look odd is about as useful as trying to make George W. Bush appear dumb.

Raaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Its "DA" Eddie Jordan. I love the The Times Picayune for choosing this picture. I guess they're getting ready for Halloween. Oh and here's another twist with Eddie Jordan's legal troubles. His office needs to pay $3.7 million for all of the racial discrimination suits he lost for firing all the white people when he took office. Now he's asking the City of New Orleans to bail him out. Can't we just fire him now? Please? And please people, no more District Attorneys who feel the need to wear pin striped suits and bowler hats.

And another Louisiana politician goes down. Derrick Shepherd, State Senator representing Marrero, is saying the FBI are just mad because he didn't give evidence against Nagin and Karen Carter. Nagin? Sorry dude, but I seriously doubt that the FBI are out to get Nagin. He may be guilty of many things: Incompetence? Sure. Being a "knucklehead"? Sure. But I don't buy that he's corrupt or even being investigated. He seems uncorruptable, like Charlie Brown. And probably just as competent.

D.A. Eddie Jordan's friends are making him look bad.

Meet Louisiana's new governor-elect. Thank you "me", for pointing out to me that he's a wee lad of only 36 years old. Wow, who knew. If Wikipedia's right, he's crazy conservative, which worries me a little. My issues: He's against abortion without exceptions for the life of the mother. What a dick. Republicans for Environmental Protection gave him one of the worst ratings in Congress. Ass. And of course he's for the war in Iraq, purple finger and all. Whatever. But now that he will be governor, I don't think he will have power over any of these issues while as a U.S. Representative, he does. Yay!!! So I'm actually happy he got elected. Purple finger and all.

Control is a movie about Ian Curtis of Joy Division. That's all I needed to know. Joy Division's music alone deserves 5 heart twisting, arm flailing butters. On top of that, its a movie of one of my favorite genres- 'the musician who died too young', I HAD to see it. Its a weakness. Like Corn Nuts. I even liked The Buddy Holly Story where Buddy Holly was inexplicably played by Gary Busey of all people. Loved it. La Bamba? Sweet Dreams (the Patsy Cline movie)? Selena? Loved it. Amadeus? Sid and Nancy? Really loved it. If you throw any more at me, I'd probably love it too (with exception of The Doors- hated it). But Ian Curtis?? Oh yeah. If you're unfamiliar, you might have heard of this song.
First of all, it had plenty of music, a must for this genre. Mostly Joy Division but also their influences. The actor playing him was a pretty decent singer. At times, he sang a little more like David Bowie than Ian Curtis though that's quite forgivable. He also could've practiced a little more on Ian Curtis' signature dance moves- close but he looked a little too awkward doing it. And not awkward like Ian Curtis but as if he was questioning himself as he did it, like thinking- 'he really danced like this?' Yes, he did. The guy who played him on 24 Hour Party People should have given him lessons.
Of course it had its moments of cheese- like the sad sappy violins at one point or playing Love Will Tear Us Apart in the background after, duh, a love spat. Too obvious. But I thought the movie was good overall. Its a pretty simple story with a rather sad ending. It's also in black and white which is very appropriate and completely works with the music.
One of my friends thought it sucked- he said it was an obvious bio-pic. But many Joy Division fans aren't aware that most people don't know who Ian Curtis is, much less his story. But I liked it. Because I'm mushy. And even though Ian Curtis appears to be a lost jerk at times, I still broke down in the end. Really sad stuff. Maybe not La Bamba sad, but pretty tragic all the same. This movie gets 4 pasty faced butters.

Stephen Colbert announced on his show last night that he is entering the race for the presidency of the United States. Seriously. In his home state of South Carolina only... for now. He said he'll see how it pans out before moving on to other states. That is the most hilarious and wonderful thing I've heard in a long time. Its pretty much saying the job has become so much of a joke, why not elect a comedian? I agree, but I think he could do a better job than the current joke. He says he's running as a Democrat and a Republican, which again is hilarious.
Go here to watch the clip.

Sometimes the guys in the Justice Department should just not speak. The problems all started when Georgia decided to require photo ID's to vote which some feel would be discriminatory since most of the people who would be affected would be poor minorities and the elderly since not as many have driver's licenses. When trying to explain how he believes it isn't going against the Voter's Rights Act and doesn't discriminate against minorites, he puts it in a rather interesting way:

Tanner explained that “primarily elderly persons” are the ones affected by such laws, but “minorities don’t become elderly the way white people do: They die first.” So anything that “disproportionately impacts the elderly, has the opposite impact on minorities,” he added. “Just the math is such as that.”

How can you argue with such a math wiz? You can find the video here, the crazy stuff starts about a minute and a half into the first video listed. His job is the chief of the Civil Rights Divisions’ voting rights section of the Justice Department. Nice.

Wow, now here's a relief:

The bribery charges against Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), who was videotaped accepting $100,000 in cash, should be dismissed because such an act is technically closer to influence-peddling, defense argued yesterday in an Alexandria courtroom.
"We think using influence is not a bribe," Jackson told U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in seeking to have some of the charges dismissed.

Whew, glad we got that cleared up. So Dollar Bill Jefferson might only be guilty of being influenced for money, like how one would influence happiness with a smile.
But according to good Merriam Webster Dictionary:

Main Entry:
1bribe
1 : money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
2 : something that serves to induce or influence

Okay, since when is a girl-fight considered national news?
Yes, on CNN there is link to a story about a bunch of girls beating up another girl then bragging about it on FaceBook.
WRTV: Police: Coeds brag of beating online
And why are they using the word "coed" to describe women students? Oh yeah, because they've watched too much porn. 'Coeds Gone Wild! Whew hoo! CNN gets nasty!

Bush just vetoed a bill increasing the amount of poor children to be included in SCHIP, a government subsidized health insurance program for the poor. It was to be paid for by taxing cigarettes. He says there's always the emergency room. Gee, thanks Mr. Millionaire Oil Guy who can have a government funded check-up every time you're feeling a little gassy. Of course 72% of Americans support the bill because most Americans like children to be healthy. But Mr. Bush seems to think that by including more poor children in the program that he'll be sending the wrong message- like that people without money deserve health care too. Its strange that he is so pro-democracy for other countries while he ignores the wishes of the people in his own. Well, it seems that the Senate has enough votes to override his veto but the House still has a lot of idiots who don't want to be re-elected. The cost of the increase is $35 billion for the next 5 years, the extra money the White House is asking for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is $190 billion and of course this will be added to the deficit. While I usually am very much against violence, will someone please slap him? Hard?
Update: Now even Bush recognizes how politically damaging this is for him to put the interest of insurance companies above children.

The Law and Order candidate for president, Fred Thompson is having a hard time letting go of the 80's. I know how it feels, Duran Duran and big hair were awesome. But it seems to be getting in the way of him making sense in interviews. Someone really needs to remind him that the Soviet Union had disbanded in 1991. Kos points out a few of his little oopsies in this post.

Hoffmania has a video of Keith Olbermann explaining how to survive an O'Reilly attack. Funny stuff.

Today is a sad day for many of the people of Jefferson Parish and surrounding areas:
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee dies
I can't even remember a time when Harry Lee wasn't the Sheriff of Jefferson Parish. What a character he was. Very sad.