HE'S IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW ....

Aren't those opening words to Johnny Cash's classic rather ironic?  "There was a man named Bill Campbell.  He used to rob, steal and gamble ...."

Well, I guess I should actually say something about former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell reporting to a federal prison today to begin serving his 30-month sentence for tax evasion.  Yup -- tax evasion.  A federal jury in Atlanta couldn't find him guilty of the corruption charges; accepting bribes and whatnot; because the brilliant minds on the jury didn't understand the meaning of "on or about" when those words were used in front of a specific date.  The witness said "on or about such-and-such a date" and the jury was upset because the witness was one day off.  So it goes.

The judge understood though, and made it clear from the bench during the sentencing that he thought Campbell to be guilty of most of the charges and sent him off for 30 days.  Campbell will also lose his license to practice law in both Georgia and Florida.

Now I know most of you don't know much about this guy.  Trust me, he was a real trip when he was our mayor.  Let me share a few lowlights with you.

Let's start off with the first two paragraphs in this morning's Atlanta Journal-Constitution story about Campbell's trip to prison:

"Seven years ago, Bill Campbell reigned over the leading city in the Southeast and took advantage of the perks of prosperity and prestige.

That summer, Atlanta's mayor vacationed in Puerto Rico with his wife and children for four days before jetting off to Miami with a longtime girlfriend and then rendezvousing with another girlfriend in Paris."

So, there you go.  A real family man.

I supported Campbell in his first run for mayor, and celebrated when he won.  Shortly thereafter I knew that a horrible mistake had been made.

Not too long after he took office for his first term Campbell held a press event.  There at the table with him were some leaders of Atlanta government worker unions.  Campbell announced that he was going to sign a "contract" with these union leaders.  The essence of that contract was that Campbell was promising that for so long as he remained the mayor he would not support, and indeed he would veto any action taken by the city council to streamline the operation of the city government, or save taxpayer's money, if that action would result in the loss of even one union job.  At that moment it was clear that Campbell was in office to represent the city workers, not the city taxpayers.

Just a few more goodies and then we'll all sing along with Johnny Cash.

Remember the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games here in Atlanta?  Well, Campbell saw that as an opportunity to make a few bucks and do some favors for some friends.  Campbell managed to get the city council to grant rights to use sidewalks and other city property to a friend who had printed t-shirts for his mayoral campaign.  His friend, Munson Steed, then leased out parcels of sidewalks and other city-owned property to a variety of vendors of various types of cheap crap from around the world, effectively turning Atlanta into a third-world flea market for the Olympics.  That, along with the bombing in the Olympic Centennial Park by Eric Robert Rudolph managed to get our city a real black eye.  Granted, Campbell was certainly not at fault for the bombing ... but it would have been nice if the 911 operators working for the city had known where Centennial Olympic Park was when the first calls came in. 

One of my favorite Campbell stories is the one about the stolen car in his driveway.

Campbell had one of the largest police protection details of any mayor of a major city in the country.  There was always an Atlanta police car parked outside of his home, night and day.  One particular evening the Atlanta cop on duty saw a car pull into the driveway of Campbell's.  The passenger door opened, and Campbell's son got out and went inside.  The car then drove off.  While the car was in the mayor's driveway something made the cop suspicious and he ran the license number.  Lo and behold, the car turned out to be stolen.  The driver was stopped and, as I remember it, arrested.

So ... what was Campbell's response?  Did he thank the police for a job well done?  Did he congratulate them for recovering a stolen car and returning it to it's rightful owner? 

Nope.

Campbell, so infuriated that the police had discovered that his sun was riding around town in a stolen car, instructed the Atlanta Police that they were no longer to run the license plates of any cars in his driveway. 

There's your reward for a job well done.  You get suspicious, run a tag, find a stolen car, and the mayor tells you to quit running tags.

Well .. it's off to the pokey for 30 months.  After that, what?  Can't practice law.  Who knows?  Maybe he'll try to get back into "public service" again!  That would be something to look forward to, wouldn't it?

OK ... all together ....

"He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now .........."

A MUST-READ IF, THAT IS, YOU DON'T MIND GETTING UPSET

Pat Buchanan's new book, "State of Emergency:  The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America" hits the book stores this week.  I starter reading it over the weekend .. and the news is not comforting.  Buchanan goes to great detail to catalogue the Hispanic invasion of America and the re-conquest of the American Southwest.

How about a few gems from Buchanan's book?

• By 2050 there will be more than 100 million Hispanics concentrated in the Southwest that most Mexicans believe was stolen by the united States and still belongs to Mexico.
• One in every 12 people entering this country illegally has a criminal record.
• President' Bush's legacy may be to have lost forever a Southwest that President James K. Polk won for the United States.
• Both parties are paralyzed by guilt over America's racial sins, and lack the will and fortitude of pervious generations to do what is necessary to defend the nation from the Third World in invasion.

Now ... as if the Third World invasion of the U.S. were not enough, we also have the Islamic fascists out there.  How about a few bullet points here also?

• It is now becoming clear to almost everyone, even Israelis, that Hezbollah came out the winner in it's five-week war with Israel.
• Lebanon has made it clear that it will not disarm Hezbollah.  Hezbollah has made it clear it will not disarm.
• Iran will announce within the next 30 hours that it will not cease it's nuclear enrichment program.
• Islamic radicals across the world are feeling hyped right now by Hezbollah's victory, and by the world's condemnation of Israel for it's strong self-defense response.
• Let's face it, things are looking a bit iffy in Iraq right now. 
• The West has delivered an unmistakable message to the Islamic fascists:  We will not fight to defend our freedoms if it means that civilians, especially children, will die.

It occurs to me that none of these problems are insurmountable.  We have the ability to defeat Islamic terrorism, and we have the ability to turn-back the Third World invasion of the United States.  We have the ability ... we just don't have the will.

We'll have Buchanan on as a guest sometime soon.  Should be a raucous time.

THE POODLE SLAMS LIEBERMAN

John Kerry is none too pleased with Joe Lieberman's plans to continue in the Connecticut Senate race as an independent.  In fact, this so displeased The Poodle that he took to the airwaves yesterday on 'This Week' with George Stephanopoulos.  He said that he's concerned Lieberman is making a Republican case, and is "adopting the rhetoric of Dick Cheney."  And then, he said this:  "Joe Lieberman is out of step with the people of Connecticut."  He is?

It sure doesn't look that way.  In fact, the latest poll shows that Joe Lieberman is right in step with the people of Connecticut.  According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, Lieberman leads Ned Lamont by 12 points in the three-way race, 53 to 41%.  It looks like what we really have here is that Ned Lamont is the one out of touch with Connecticut voters.

And that's been the problem all along.  Joe knows the only thing he's out of step with is the extremist, anti-war left that is hijacking the Democratic primary process.  Any good pollster will tell you this extreme wing of the Democratic Party only accounts for about a third of all voters.  That leaves 2/3 of all voters up for grabs.  That's how we got The Poodle as a nominee in 2004...the leftist primary voters nominated him, but the general electorate rejected him.

Perhaps the media will take Kerry to account on his statements once Joe Lieberman cruises to re-election this fall.

Then again ................

MIDDLE EAST CEASE-FIRE CRUMBLING

Well this isn't exactly a shock.  The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered by the United Nations, is now on the verge of completely collapsing.  It didn't even last a week.  But you knew this was coming, because this seems to be the way of all cease fires in the Middle East.  Cease fires are simply periods of relative quite to be used by Islamic terrorists to regroup and re-arm..  So this truce goes on the scrap heap with all the other failed, pie-in-the-sky dreams of Middle East peace that never were going to come true. 

So what happened this time?

Hezbollah started violating the truce.  No surprise there.  With the help of Iran and Syria, they began rearming...a violation of the agreement.  So Israel called them on it...and sent in a force to raid the location where this was taking place.  A gun battle ensued....some were killed...you know the routine.  SSDD.

Hezbollah caused this little confrontation by attempting to re-arm.  That, however, is not how the mainstream media and the anti-Semitic United Nations is spinning it.  To the U.N. and Kofi Annan, Islamic terrorists can do no wrong and Israel can do no right.  Kofi came out and said Israel was violating the cease-fire.  What are the Israelis supposed to do?  Just sit idly by and wait for these Islamic terrorists to rearm and start firing rockets at Israel?  In private Kofi the Korrupt might well agree that this is exactly what he wants Israel to do.

This whole cease-fire nonsense should be abolished...and Israel should get their act together and go destroy Hezbollah.  In the fight against Islamic fascism victory --- total and complete victory --- should be the only option.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Remember that even after you marry, it's important to go out from time to time for a date night. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Pat Buchanan has written a book about illegal immigration that is sure to set off a firestorm.  In it, he accuses the Bush Administration of allowing a third world invasion to happen.  Drudge has an early preview.

The Democratic National Committee has adopted a new nominating calendar designed to nominate Hillary Clinton in 2008.  And what happens if another candidate won't go along with it?  They will be stripped of their delegates at the convention.  That's not very nice, is it?

A backlash is starting in Britain over the ridiculous new airline security measures being adopted after an Al-Qaeda plot to blow up several aircraft was foiled.  The complaints sound like a reading of the TSA playbook from here in the United States.

Just like everyone has known for over a decade, Time magazine has declared in their latest issue that Hillary Clinton is ready to run for president.  This isn't the first time the magazine has become a propaganda brochure for the Clinton campaign.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is blaming racism and red tape for the slow recovery in New Orleans.  Naturally, Nagin would never blame himself or the people of New Orleans for anything bad that happens in his chocolate city.

If this doesn't show you how ridiculous and unfair the seizure laws are in the drug war, nothing will.  A court has ruled that authorities were right in seizing a man's $125,000 during a traffic stop...for no reason.  The Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves.

Liberal columnist Juan Williams says its time for young African Americans to stop embracing a blueprint for failure.  It's an excellent column simply titled "Banish The Bling."  Don't miss this one.

Should the United States talk directly with Iran about their nuclear program and with Syria about issues in their region?  Robert Novak says it may be time for the administration to overcome its phobia against talking with the enemy.

Iraq has proven to be a challenge to the United States, but Mark Steyn reminds us that the world is watching what we do there.  If we cut and run, then countries around the world will think that's what we're all about.

A court recently struck down the speech codes at Georgia Tech as being unconstitutional.  As you might expect, the liberals at the college aren't very pleased with the ruling.  Professor Mike Adams takes a closer look at the situation.

Before you pull up to that speaker box and order lunch, have a look at the nutritional content of your favorite fast food. KFC | Taco Bell | Pizza Hut | Chick-fil-A | Wendy's | McDonald's | Hardee's | Krystal (pdf) | Long John Silver's

How to handle an unruly child on an airplane. [video]

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