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Taki hits it.

June 5, 2006 Issue
Copyright - 2006 The American Conservative

This Little Piggy Popped Pills

by Taki

I thought it a nice touch when the D.C. fuzz escorted Congressman Patrick Kennedy to his home after he slammed his car into a barricade just blocks from the Capitol a few weeks ago. This is what cops do for a living. They do not test drunken drivers, they limo them home. The fact that Kennedy was speeding, was zonked out, and could hardly stand up was of no consequence. What's a little booze and drugs when one's a Kennedy? People pay taxes in order for the police to be present when politicians in Washington don't play by the rules. A female member of the House slaps a security guard doing his duty and then gets to call a press conference and charge racism. So what else is new? The egregious Kofi Annan, head of the squeaky-clean U.N., gets a buddy to vote for a $500,000 award for Kofi and soon after taps the buddy to head a U.N. environmental program. That, after all, is what friends are for.Read the full article.