Speedy Gonzales Takes Off

It is a rare person that can make John Ashcroft look good, but Alberto Gonzales has been up for the challenge since day one.


Now, as Gonzales - the Attorney General of the United States, the head of the Justice Department, the chief law enforcer of the land – resigns, let us humbly summarize the Alberto Gonzales Record:

• Expanded secret domestic spying over the Justice Department’s protest
• Expanded executive powers to conduct unconstitutional warrantless wiretaps of U.S. citizens
• Thought the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war was ‘quaint’
• Stated that pornography is a greater threat to the U.S. than terrorism
• Turned U.S. Justice Department from a legal into a political organization
• Lied to Congress under oath on numerous topics
  

All in just two short years. President Bush’s bench is getting pretty weak… Who should be the next AG?

Can you think of any other Alberto achievements?

Ron Paul is Gaining in Las Vegas

The Huffington Post offers some interesting statistics on the presidential candidates - how many Cyberspace friends and buddies they have, the Las Vegas odds of winning his/her party’s nomination and more. Here.



Good News! Ron Paul has skyrocketed at the gambling windows. He is now up to 3.1% ! This puts him ahead of Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback, Tommy Thompson, Duncan Hunter, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel and Christopher Dodd.

Go Ron Paul!


HuffPo also has a fun database that allows you to peek at your neighbors' political contributions here.

Hurray for the Free Market - Special Poop Edition

Rights Boy has been at his Fortress of Rightitude on a vacation vision quest. So much happened while he was gone. So today Rights Boy pays tribute to capitalism and the free market, locally and around the world, with a Special Poop Edition.

Advertising is everything on RAGBRAI. “See Cuddles Poop” beckoned the sign. "You may have to stay here awhile to actually see that, but it's guaranteed to happen." said owner Elizabeth Bixby.



And free enterprise is alive and well in China, where panda poop is made into souvenir bookmarks, picture frames and statues. "They don't smell too bad because 70 percent of the dung is just remains of the bamboo that the pandas are unable to digest," reports an official of the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base.








Environmentalists are getting in on the action. The Earth Times reports on Kopi luwak, an Indonesian coffee delicacy, $600 per pound, which comes from the poop of wild civets.




With mottos like “We will remove the DOO for You!” Pet Butler provides franchises across Iowa and the USA to pick up and dispose poop. The mission statement just about says it all.



Do you have a good story on any aspect of the poop market? New poop technology? A Green use?


Please leave a comment. No one has ever accused Rights Boy of being mature.