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I think they both look nice and clearly, this is a "style" accessory--I mean, there are a lot of car and wall chargers, but these are more "designed." Good luck to me :-)

Second that. I was trying to listen to Giuliani's excellent discussion of Obama's utter incompetence in bringing the terror trials to NYC (via ace.mu.nu) on another tab and couldn't figure out where this infernal cross-talk was coming from. For a new blog, this certainly does NOT make a favorable first impression.

I'll confess that I'm a little confused by the legal intricacies here (and why Wells' recanting makes such a difference), but certainly hopeful that it means this rapist will do some serious time in a US prison. Hollywood apologists be damned.

I accidentally deleted my above comment but have re-added it somewhere down the thread. Have I proven my incompetence sufficiently to be appointed to the NEA?

I did not mean to delete my comment above a moment ago, so here it is again:

It's time for that truculent jackass Rocco Landesman to go. His publicly funded arts endowment is expressly forbidden from engaging in partisan politics and respecting that boundary should be one of his most sacred duties--that he would spit in our face when confronted with this scandal is insulting in the extreme. How can the taxpaying public countenance that kind of bad attitude? This disgusting churl has got to go as he simply does not "get it."

yossarian:

Nah, he'll be tossed aside as there are always more starry-eyed ethically-impaired cultists ready to step up and be consumed. Cannon fodder with sideburns. Frankly, it would almost be admirable on some level if Obama stuck by people like this, but he'll throw 'em under the bus and stammer out a vague denial. Like Anthony "Van" Jones, he'll be sopped up by the liberal machinery outside the WH and he'll be fine. Lots of war stories for the gang at the coffee shop. Sure, he'll be taken care of, but he won't be allowed anywhere near The One anymore.

This arrogant fool Landesman must go. His attitude is completely unacceptable for a government servant. People should start calling for his resignation.

Mr. Landesman's statement is condescending, defiant and an unacceptable insult to the intelligence. As for his four "facts," here's the response of this taxpayer to each:

Fact 1: That's not the whole story, is it? He claimed in the call to have been asked by the WH to bring these artists together (most of whom are NEA grant recipients) to turn their attention to aiding the WH with political issues. Your understatement is absurd.

Fact 2: Seeing as he was the Director of Communications for NEA and, presumably was conducting this business on company (so to speak) time, the assertion that he acted completely on his own is hard to accept. It's not as though he was some low-level clerical worker with an activist bent, he was your Director of Communications. Your assertion is laughable.

Fact 3: The call most certainly did attempt to promote a legislative agenda. Listen to the tape and explain the presence of the WH.

Fact 4: You bet the language was a problem. This employee--who, as you assert, was acting completely on his own, should be fired for such a foolish act that would bring such embarrassment to the NEA. As a taxpayer who finds this behavior odious, (and who pays his salary), I'd like to know to what duties he was "reassigned." Your obfuscation is insulting.

That the NEA would make this adversarial, defensive and frankly, untruthful response to this very real and troubling issue is disturbing at best. If this is the official response, I say it is time to closely scrutinize the NEA and reconsider its funding.