May 2007 Archives

It took until 3 p.m., but somebody finally asked Monica Goodling about statements made by Attorney General Alberto "Fredo" Gonzales regarding the firing of nine U.S. attorneys.

She said he lied about it.

Asked if Gonzales was lying when he said he never saw a list of the fired U.S. attorneys, she said, well, he did see a list.

Asked if he was lying when he said he was never briefed on the list, she said, again, he had been.

Asked if her was lying if he said he never attended any meetings about the list, she said, again, he had been at such meetings.

Doesn't sound good for Fredo.

OK, today was the day. York Haven's own Monica Goodling broke her silence about the U.S. Attorney scandal.

Watching her testimony this morning, it wasn't worth the wait.

She really isn't saying anything.

You know, for someone who allegedly held a position of power in the U.S. Department of Justice -- she was White House liaison -- she doesn't seem to have a lot to do. She said she really didn't have anything to do with the firing of the nine U.S. attorneys at the center of the scandal.

It doesn't seem like it was her job.

For instance, she testified that part of her job was to round up people who wanted to go to the White House to watch the president's helicopter take off or to see the president meet with the winners of the Stanley Cup.

OK, let's see if I have this right.

The Dover Area School District wants to issue its students identification badges, and some people are going nuts because they think that the barcodes used on them are, as board member Heather Geesey said, the mark of the beast, as in Revelations in the Bible.

So, if you're keeping score at home, the previous school board tried to insert biblical principles to biology instruction and the current school board is doing the work of Satan. Who would have guessed that the Dover Area School District would be in league with the antichrist and would be instrumental in bringing about Armageddon.

Next up for Dover? Plague of locusts, I'm guessing.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Joe Hardy, the multimillionaire founder of 84 Lumber and a Fayette County commissioner, has taken his third wife.

Hardy and Kristin Georgi were wed in Vegas last weekend.

Hardy is 84. His bride is 22.

Haven't we seen this movie before?

I can't see this ending well. Soon, but not well.

Read about it here.

Long story short, Chris Brooks, son of the late York City Councilwoman Elizabeth Brooks, died in Austin, Texas, recently and left behind 400 gator heads. Brooks' friend, Randy Schiller, has custody of the gator heads in the basement of his York home.

Randy is selling the gator heads to pay to have Chris cremated and perhaps have his ashes returned to Pennsylvania where they can be interred with his mother.

If you want to help, you can buy one of the gator heads -- yes, they are real gator heads -- at the York Emporium at 343 W. Market St., in York. They cost $15. All proceeds go to helping Chris and his family and friends with the funeral costs.

Jim Lewin, owner of the eclectic used book/antique/weird stuff shop, said he sold two of them on Sunday and has about a couple dozen in stock.

The New York Post reported, "Kindergarten kids in ritzy L.A. suburb Calabasas have been coming home to their parents and talking about the 'weird man' who keeps coming to their class to sing 'scary' songs on his guitar.

"The 'weird' one turns out to be Bob Dylan, whose grandson (Jakob Dylan's son) attends the school. He's been singing to the kindergarten class just for fun, but the kiddies have no idea they're being serenaded by a musical legend - to them, he's just Weird Guitar Guy."

"Weird Guitar Guy'? Sounds about right, I guess.

Speaking about Iraq before a group of contractors, President Dubya said, "Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed."

Really? Are you sure there isn't a third option?

The celebrity news Web site TMZ.com reported this week that former CIA director George "Slam Dunk" Tenet, who is currently hawking a book that says he had nothing to do with anything leading up to the Iraq war, was a high school classmate of another famous person.

That famous person?

Porn star Ron Jeremy.

The two went ot Cardozo High School in Bayside, N.Y., in the '70s. They both played soccer. Tenet was editor of the high school paper. Jeremy was into theater, obviously.

Jeremy's nickname is "Hedgehog."

Tenet's new nickname?

"Weasel."