DETROIT (AP) - Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city - and left the door open for a return to public life.

Full Story Here:
Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback

I don’t know anything about Michigan law, don’t pretend to. What I do know is this: IF the voters of Detroit ever allow this slug to come back into a position of leadership in Detroit, then they have exactly the type of leadership they so richly deserve!

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Victims of Hurricane Gustav who can’t return to their homes over the next month because of storm damage or power outages can have their hotel costs covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials said Thursday.

Full Story Here:
FEMA to cover hotel costs for some Gustav evacuees

In other words, here we go again, just on a less grand scale than the last time. Look, I don’t mind a helping hand being extended, but hotels and motels are NOT just shelter, a YMCA, a convention center, a community center, that is temporary shelter. Some of the *slugs* of NOLA will still be claiming Gustav damage 3 years from now as they live it up at the Hilton, on OUR dime!

NEWARK, N.J. — An influential New Jersey Muslim leader accused by some federal officials of having terrorist ties but praised by others as being an important ally won his fight to gain permanent U.S. residency Thursday.

Full Story Here:
Cleric With Alleged Hamas Ties Allowed to Stay in U.S.

Yeah, that’s a great decision. Allow some Hamas supporting raghead radical into the USA, and make him LEGAL. Brilliant move from that marvelous administration of love our enemies, thank you Mr. Bush! Next thing ya know Bush will have some Saudi Prince come to the Texas White House and he’ll kiss his cheek and hold his hand. Uh… Wait…

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Basking in the love of a party whose affections eluded him for years, John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president Thursday night with a vow to end partisan rancor in Washington and win the war in Iraq.

Full Story Here:
‘I work for you,’ says McCain as he accepts GOP nomination

I hope he remembers that once he’s in office. President Numbnutz never did see it that way.

WorldNetDaily - Most voters and Catholics oppose a president who doesn’t know when life begins and would reject legal recognition of same-sex marriage, according to a new poll.

Full Story Here:
Proof! Obama clueless on abortion issue

Fact is, Obama is pretty much *clueless* concerning nearly everything I have heard him open his mouth about. Abortion and conception is only the tip of that iceberg! Obama wants to talk issues? The very 1st thing the JUNIOR Senator from Illinois needs to do is figure out what issues are, and address those issues and not just mumble some BS about change!