Boomer congressman delayed house vote for on-line pedophilic tryst

Are any of us really suprised? -Dead Hippie Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) engaged in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page while waiting for a House vote in 2003, according to new Internet instant messages provided to ABC News by former pages. "Foley Instant Message Chat While Waiting For a House Vote" ABC News Related Story: [C]ongressional aide [Kirk Fordham] who last week counseled Foley to quit said in an Associated Press interview he first warned Hastert's aides more than three years ago about Foley's worrisome conduct toward pages. That was long before GOP leaders acknowledged hearing of it. "Aide Says He Reported Foley 3 Years Ago" Associated Press via Forbes.com

Boomer conservatives: should we call them "scaredy-cons"?

Why does O’Reilly place his faith in the military to determine who is a terrorist, rather than in civilian juries and the federal-court system that the Framers established in the Constitution? Well, he says it is because “most Americans are in danger and want the military to protect them.” Translation: “I’m scared to death, my knees are knocking, and I’m willing to surrender rights and freedoms that stretch all the way back to Magna Carta in the hope that the federal fox will protect us chickens from those big bad terrorists "The O'Reilly Fear Factor" Future of Freedom Foundation