The Associated Press just dropped a bombshell with this report: "Tarpon Springs police say the body of 52-year-old Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found hanged in a shed near her mother's manufactured home." In case you are all wondering why I should bring this up, Palfrey was the infamous "D.C. Madam." She was convicted of running one of the biggest escort services in D.C. A service which catered to the elite leaders of our nation. But wait, it gets even seedier. It seems this slight case of sucide Palfrey recently contracted is catchy. One of her former escorts, a woman who ironically ended up a professor at the University of Maryland, also supposedly killed herself when this scandal broke. BAH! These women didn't kill themselves. They were assassinated, pure and simple. Bumped off, rubbed out, taken for the long ride, eliminated, adjusted, to put it bluntly they were MURDERED! It never ceases to amaze me how little regard the elite have for our, and by that I mean the public's, intelligence. Well, I don't buy this at all. These women may have been hookers, but I am outraged at their demise. Their deaths signify a disease that continues to plague our system. Men who cannot remain loyal to their own families continue to play in the stench of deceit and corruption while supposedly remaining loyal to their country. They are not, they are hypocrites and frauds! Just so everyone knows I'm not being partisan here, we know one of the clients for this service was a Republican Senator from La. He acknowledges that it was a sin what he did. Pha! I say his very presence as a Senator in Washington is a sin against us all. What say you, my friends?

Congratulations, Pete. I am glad to hear that you are starting up in the business world. Don't worry about the modest beginning. Lots of companies start out as no more than a blip on the screen and then overnight they explode into financial giants. Now I know what you are thinking: how could I possibly stay ethical if that happens? Don't be daunted, the world of business desperately needs honest guys like you in it. I have been taking an interesting class in my last semester of law school, it's called Business Organization. It's all about how to legally build up a corporation. You learn an awful lot of how company directors can steal more money in a couple of hours, than 500 muggers on the street could in 50 years. However, I firmly believe that you are a man of integrity, Pete. I haven't a doubt in my mind that whatever you do will be honest, good for people, and creative. I wish you all the luck in the world. Who knows? At the rate my job search is going, I could come and be your legal counsel and we could stay out of trouble together. There's just as much temptation to harm in the legal world as in business, probably more. We just have to let our moral compass guide us.

Damn. We got second place. $3,000 bucks. Not exciting enough to proclaim i'm officially going to start a company. Not disappointing enough to give up. My future remains uncertain.

Want a laugh? Tomorrow, i will be wearing a suit and tie in order to make a formal presentation to a group of bankers and venture capitalists as the CEO of a company called SolHome LLC. This is not something i would have projected i'd be doing when i graduated from Knox, and i bet none of you did either.

I am NERVOUS AS HELL

HAHAHAHA!!! Sally Kearn! Hahahaha! "I have facts to back up everything i said!" HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!! OKLAHOMA!

On a related note, i was traveling down in Southern Illinois a week or so ago and saw these fantastic hand-scrawled Burma-shave signs set up on some farmland alongside the state highway. They said something to the effect of "Jewish bankers have stolen America and we should be angry." It was amazing.

That's perfectly okay, Rachel. I love it when you tell me I'm wrong. I only wish I could see you in person when you tell it to me so I could see your bright eyes flashing and animated arms working. We had some good battles, you and I. ;) As to barlog's allegation against my scenario I have this to say: race has nothing to do with it. Violence touches all races, colors, and creeds. No race has a monopoly on violence so the perpetrator in my little play could be any color, any color at all.

No, Drew, you're wrong!!

Wha? uh, sorry ... reflex.

;)

Yeah, releasing your secret, ever-growing tirades in short bursts in controlled circumstances is a good idea.... in theory....

But have you guys heard of Sally Kern yet? She's a senator or representative from Oklahoma who went on a tirade about gays. She thought she was only speaking to 50 people, but oops! somebody recorded it.

Here's the link:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G_y3-ckuM3E

Here's her response after it was distributed over the internet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDpEBfNEg8&NR=1

Hehe, I got you guys to talk on this medium after a dry spell didn't I? Obviously, a lot of what I say is in the heat of the moment and hyperbole. At law school, they teach us to reign all that emotion in and only release in concentrated bursts at precise times. Had I made that argument in court, the judge would've nailed my ass to the wall. However, I wasn't in court, I was in my home ready to see my friends talk on this thing again. Still, gun control laws are horribly dumb. Regardless of what alternatives you have in mind, I'm glad to see you guys are clear that gun control has absolutely nothing to do with stemming the tide of gun violence. Hell, Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter got mugged in a D.C. park while running. They beat him silly, so are we going to regulate park jogging to stem the tide of muggings in the park? Nope. Glad to hear from you guys again.

Man, Drew... you have an unmatched ability to make me feel ashamed of my own political viewpoints. I also hate gun control laws, but the Grandma Death scenario is so fucking ridiculous it almost makes me want to change sides. Do you not realize this?