Just A Thought

The Clintons thought that Bill’s 60th birthday deserved a big splash. So, they sent 10,000 invitations to their nearest and dearest saying that for the bargain-basement price of $500,000 per person, they would get the “Birthday Chair Package,” which included the best seating for a private Rolling Stones concert, a chance to have their picture taken with the former Commander-in-Briefs during a round of golf, and a 3-day series of cocktail, brunch, and dinner parties. The minimum price of $60,000 got you inferior concert seats and no brunch. With so many of their bosom buddies sending their regrets, they slashed the price to $12,500 for one reception and the concert or $5,000 for just the concert. When even that didn’t pack the 2,900-seat house, tickets went on sale to the public for as little as $1,710.

The arrogance of two people to think that people would be falling all over themselves to pay $500,000 to spend some time with the two biggest leeches on the planet is simply mind-boggling.

The ACLU is having a problem. The organization that will go anywhere and sue anybody for even thinking of violating someone else’s civil liberties is in trouble for - oh my - failing to tolerate the free speech rights of its members. Can you believe it! The ACLU has restricted speech and associational rights for its members. Has sought to impose gag rules on its staff. Subjects its staff to e-mail surveillance. Proposes to prohibit ACLU board members from publicly criticizing the ACLU. Wants to purge ACLU of its internal critics. And, wants to make sure that the rank and file have no access to tapes of board meetings. There’s a new way of spelling hypocrisy: A-C-L-U.

John-I’m-Just-A-Gigolo-Kerry rankled some feathers recently when he gave a speech encouraging young people to get an education or “get stuck in Iraq.” He neglected to mention another way of getting to the top: sleeping with rich women. That’s what he did.

Dateline: Saudi Arabia. The Saudi ambassador to the U.S. said that the U.S. has an important role to play in the Middle East saying, “The United States is the only one who can do the right thing for everybody in the Middle East.” The rotund members of the Saudi royal family like the material things that their oil buys for them. They don’t want to be like Osama bin Laden and his stupid lackeys, living in caves and hiding from the world. The Saudis want to live in palaces and drive fancy cars and strut around the world showing off their magnificence. If the jihadis succeed in bringing the civilized world to its knees, there won’t be anybody to buy Saudi oil.

These porcine purveyors are alright with a little murder and mayhem now and again, but they certainly don’t want to see their lifestyles come to an end. So, instead of preaching about how necessary America is, why don’t you practice some pest control by eliminating Osama and the rest of his ilk. That way, everybody’s happy, even the dead guys ‘cause they’ll be with their virgins.