happy birthday bart!

7 years old this week!

Bella gives Bart a Happy Birthday kiss.

Deborah Jeane Paltry is dead: are we safer?

I have not written about the “D.C. Madam” case for a few reasons. Like, while resources are spent tracking down adults having consensual sex, one of my young coworkers in DC was mugged at gunpoint.

But mostly it was because of my belief that women are treated much more harshly than the men involved in these cases. I mean really, most of the guys get a not so subtle wink and nod of approval from their friends, while the women face jail time.

Deborah Jeane Paltry spent time in jail, and was facing additional prison time for her role in a prostitution ring. My complaint has always been if prostitution is illegal, why isn’t David Vitter facing jail time?

Wonkette expresses some of my sentiments:

For the great crime of hooking up willing ladies with horny politicians, “D.C. Madam” Deborah Jeane Paltry was facing four to six years in prison, and today she was found dead in a shed behind her mother’s house in Florida. The men who paid for hookers through her service, such as Republican Senator David Vitter, have paid no price for their crimes, and they remain in power as the very people who make up the laws. Anyway, good-bye, Deborah Jeane. [...][Washington Post]

FOX, facts and the big mo

Obama goes on FOX and folds like a cheap suit. Clinton goes on FOX and holds her own. Gee … I wonder which one is best suited to be president?

After Barack Obama appeared on Fox News Sunday the other day, I wondered what the point of the appearance was. I’m left with the same question now. Clinton did just fine, of course, as she always does. She’s too smart to get tripped up with O’Reilly’s questions, and she’s too tough to be intimidated by O’Reilly’s bluster. — from The Carpetbagger Report

Couple this with what Todd Beeson, at MyDD, has to say in his post “What Momentum Looks Like” and it all could spell trouble for the Obama camp.