The Enron Jesus and Other Rambling Ruminations Edition

-- Republican Prince of Piece of the Pie: The most gag-inducing moment of Kenny Boy's trial came shortly after the jury's verdict convicting Enron-bandito Lay of all charges was announced. Reportedly, Lay and his chums gathered in a corner of the courtroom with a Baptist minister to pray, which allowed the minister a chance to compare the Enron swindler's conviction to that of another 'innocent' man -- Jesus. Let's check the history here a moment: From the New Testament, we're informed that Jesus was crucified for proposing that we stop our soul-deadening hypocrisy, renounce violence, try to love and understand one another, and because he was a threat to the politically powerful moneyed class of his day; Kenny Boy, on the other hand, was one of the politically powerful moneyed class of his day who screwed his investors out of millions while he regularly practiced soul-deadening hypocrisy to keep the cash flowing in, and supports a government that uses violence to destroy those it doesn't understand. Yep, that's an exact analogy alright!

Perhaps the minister, when he sobered up, meant the Biblical tale of Barabbas, the lifelong criminal who was picked by the crowd to be spared instead of Jesus, much to the surprise of the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate.

Speaking of Pilate, Kenny Boy has his own version of a Roman territorial despot, let's call him Pontius Dubya, ruling the land. If 'Mr. Lay' can prolong his appeals for a few years, his old Texas pal will no doubt pardon him as he leaves office and Enron's 'Bush Pioneer' will not have to think twice if he drops the soap in the shower.

-- Side Prediction: Bandar Bush Junior will set a record for presidential pardons just before he leaves office; Lay, DeLay, Ney (oy vey!), Scooter and a whole host of other Republican ne'er-do-wells will never see the inside of a jail cell, thanks to their Old Friend in the Oval Office.

-- Speaking of the Midland Mouse That Roared: Last night he and Frack -- I mean Tony Blair --held a joint primetime press conference to repeat the same guff they've been peddling for years. The only interesting moment came when each were asked if they had any regrets. Bush mourned his jackass cowboy routines of 2001 - 2003, especially telling the terrorists to 'Bring it on' and other such immature TV Wild West staples like wanting bin Laden 'dead or alive.' Gee, Junior, anyone over the age of consent could have told you such boasts would make you look like an asshole (except to your goofy 'base,' of course), but I'm sure America is glad to pay for your on-the-job training; read the poll numbers. Too bad you haven't seemed to learn a whole lot since then.

On Blair's side, the Tattlesnake didn't really know what in hell he was talking about -- it seemed that someone gave him the 'stretch' sign and he was vamping for time, just twittering away vacuously -- probably either regretting we didn't find WMD or that he just wet his pants. What struck me most is that neither one of these self-involved yuppies regretted the loss of life from their unnecessary invasion. They didn't have to admit the Iraq War was a dead skunk in the middle of the road to say something like, "While we believe the Iraq War is necessary to preserve blah, blah, blah, we regret the loss of our men and women in the armed forces and that of the Iraqi people." Of course, that would have taken some compassion and some class, both in short supply for our 'Wartime President' and his British Lapdog.

-- Incidentally, the Bush Boy said he's going to miss Tony's 'red ties' when Blair leaves office -- somebody get Hannity on the case; that sounds vaguely pinko to me.

-- Finally, last night on a Discovery Channel show about CIA mind control experiments in the '50s and '60s -- using drugs such as LSD, electro-shock therapy, brainwashing techniques and hypnotism, occasionally on innocent civilians -- it was mentioned that some senior members of the Ford Administration recommended classifying the documents so that the American public would never know the terrible, illegal things that had been done in their name. The senior members? Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld.