You're kidding. (It can, indeed, get worse for the GOP.)

[thisficklemob]

When I said the circle of the damned (by knowledge of Mark Foley) had spread to Rep. Kolbe (R-AZ), I didn't know how right I was.

Via AmericaBlog: Rep. Kolbe is under federal investigation for camping trips with pages where his behavior was said to be "inappropriate": (NBC News):

Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary

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[thisficklemob]

The reason the forum won't let you post is because it's not a forum. *g* Only luna_k, whose political blog this really is, and bailunrui and myself can post new entries. It's nothing personal.

As for that article, I think Sadly, No! and their commenters ridicule such planning far better than I ever could.

The National Planning Scenario No. 1, an originally confidential internal 2004 study by the Department of Homeland Security, demonstrated the above survival odds when they examined the effects of a terrorist nuke going off in Washington, D.C. They discovered that a 10 kiloton nuke, about two-thirds the size of the Hiroshima bomb, detonated at ground level, would result in about 15,000 immediate deaths and another 15,000 casualties from the initial blast, thermal flash and radiation release. As horrific as that is, the surprising revelation here is that over 99 percent of the residents in the D.C. area will have just witnessed and survived their first nuclear explosion. Clearly, the good news is most people will survive the initial blast.
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[thisficklemob]

Ehn, not so much. For one thing, I doubt all conservatives believe this - I doubt "they" have all that many followers. I do think it's a bit scary that they think this way, but I'm far more worried that the looneys with actual power want to do things like build mini nuclear bombs or refit nuclear missiles with conventional bombs - things that would result in it being more likely that a nuclear bomb would be used

[photosinensis]

Watching the moralizing Repugnicans fall apart all over themselves and their underage staffers is oddly hillarious. I think I'm going to hell for laughing at it.

Perhaps we don't need to round them up and burn them at the stake--they're doing a good job of that for themselves!

[thisficklemob]

On the contrary, Glenn Greenwald wonders if the Foley scandal proves the existence of God: it's too perfect.

Apparently there's a list of gay Republican staffers being given to bloggers and such... if the GOP tries to make them scapegoats, they probably know where the bodies are buried, so to speak. Which could make this scandal even bigger. I almost hope they do try it.

[asaresquares]

It's kind of fun watching your enemies die slowly by strangulation via their dicks. In fact, I'm going to go get some popcorn and return shortly for the rising action.