Democrat Governor Spitzer (D) In Prostitution Ring

“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” — Proverbs 16:18

NY Times: Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring By DANNY HAKIM and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

ABC: It Wasn’t the Sex; Suspicious $$ Transfers Led to Spitzer — Officials Say Spitzer Is ‘Client 9′ in a Federal Complaint Against the Prostitution Ring

BBC: Deadline to quit for NY’s Spitzer — New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer has been given a deadline to step down or face impeachment proceedings over allegations that he hired a prostitute.

Little Green Footballs notes:

UPDATE at 3/10/08 11:37:50 am:

The word “Democrat” does not appear in this Associated Press article: NY governor linked to prostitution ring.

UPDATE at 3/10/08 11:58:35 am:

The word “Democrat” does not appear in this CNN article: N.Y. Times: New York governor linked to prostitution - CNN.com.

Our objective and unbiased media would seek to conceal the party affiliation of a Republican Democrat politician involved in a scandal? No way!

Because he is a Democrat, Spitzer’s career will likely get a big boost from his involvement with da hoz. Hence, no need to do Republican-like things like resign.

Michelle Malkin writes about what Spitzer was up to today before the news broke (the irony…).

Hillary Clinton cannot be happy about any of this.

HotAir: A walk down Spitzer Memory Lane by Ed Morrissey

What Women Endure Under Islam

Khaleej Times: 140 million women, girls suffer genital mutilation

Islam Watch: Women in Islam: An exegesis by Abul Kasem

Monica Lin Brown, A Hero

AP: Texas teen in Afghanistan becomes 2nd woman soldier since WWII to earn Silver Star by FISNIK ABRASHI

A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second female soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest medal for valor.

Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.

After the explosion, which wounded five soldiers in her unit, Brown ran through insurgent gunfire and used her body to shield wounded comrades, as mortars fell less than 100 yards away, the military said.

“I did not really think about anything except for getting the guys to a safer location and getting them taken care of and getting them out of there,” Brown told The Associated Press at a U.S. base in the eastern province of Khost.

Brown, from Lake Jackson, Texas, is scheduled to receive the Silver Star later in March. She was part of a four-vehicle convoy patrolling near Jani Kheil in Paktia on April 25, 2007, when a bomb hit one of the Humvees.

“We stopped the convoy. I opened up my door and grabbed my aid bag,” Brown said.

She started running toward the burning vehicle as insurgents opened fire. All five wounded soldiers had scrambled out.

“I assessed the patients to see how bad they were. We tried to move them to a safer location because we were still receiving incoming fire,” Brown said.

Congratulations to Monica Lin Brown. A responsible media would report more often on the bravery and heroics of our men and women in the military.

10 Worst Company Domains

Stupid, Random, and Hilarious lists the 10 worst company domain names:

1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company… www.powergenitalia.com

6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales: www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always www.ipanywhere.com

8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is www.cummingfirst.com

9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website: www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at www.gotahoe.com

Socialized Health Care Hurts Canadians

Globe and Mail (reg. required): Why Ontario keeps sending patients south LISA PRIEST

More than 400 Canadians in the full throes of a heart attack or other cardiac emergency have been sent to the United States because no hospital can provide the lifesaving care they require here. Most of the heart patients who have been sent south since 2003 typically show up in Ontario hospitals, where they are given clot-busting drugs. If those drugs fail to open their clogged arteries, the scramble to locate angioplasty in the United States begins.

More on the Canadian healthcare system from a Canadian doctor.

The disastrous Cuban “healthcare” system remains much touted by willingly uninformed liberals.

Meanwhile, the Democrat Party is pushing this very same system on the United States.

The Five Dumbest Product Bans

Eli Lehrer at the Competitive Enterprise Institute lists “the five dumbest product bans.”

By necessities of space and brevity, many delightfully absurd product bans remain unexplored here. The five bans selected are:

Sangria (Virginia). The Commonwealth of Virginia bans most preparations of the popular fortified wine drink (typically red wine with brandy and fruit) even though the state not only allows drinking of substances with the same alcoholic composition as Sangria and actually operates stores that sell all of the alcoholic ingredients needed to make Sangria.

Playing Online Poker in a Legal Casino (U. S.). Although 48 states have legal gambling in some form (and several run casinos), the federal government has made it illegal to place bets online—even in jurisdictions that allow almost all other types of gambling.

The Cardio-Pump (U. S.). No one has ever contended that anybody could do harm using this American-designed device intended to help resuscitate heart attack victims, which may actually help save lives. Although it has found wide use in other countries, the Food and Drug Administration bans its use in the United States.

Wildflower Bouquets (Louisiana). Louisiana’s unique-in-the nation florist licensing statute makes it illegal for anybody to arrange two or more types of flowers without passing a largely subjective state licensing exam. In theory, a child could face a fine for picking a bouquet of flowers and selling it at a roadside stand.

Feathers in provocative packaging (Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia). Ridiculously broad laws banning sexual toys in these states could serve to ban the sale of simple feathers if packaged with suggestions that they might be used for sexual purposes.

Maybe Louisiana wouldn’t mind if you arranged the flowers with a sex toy.