it's all just a little bit of history repeating...

Just a week ago it seems like such a long time ago but that was before the whole News Corp mess came up where it looks like Rupert Murdoch was ready to join his kindred soul William Randolph Hearst in Hell. It appears that News of the World was taking phone messages from a poor dead murder victim and clearing messages so they could get that scoop and that is the tip of the iceberg. Hugh Grant, Jude Law have come out and it appears that it will stretch to 9/11 victims and all the way to Australia. Halllelujah! We caught the rat bastard Murdoch....

But, let's put that champagne back on ice. Going back almost 40 years, the republican party was fighting for it's very survival after the Watergate scandal. Nixon had to actually resign the presidency, Ford was the guy you liked as your neighbor to share a beer and talk sports and work on your car with...but was he really entrusted to run the country? All it took was Jimmy Carter to be a little to forward thinking for the country and the republican party came back in a sick reinvention and it culminated with the reign of error that was the shrub.

Just a week ago i mentioned the sad story of Lynddie England and her disgusting photos at Abu Ghraib...Terrell Prior at Ohio State and Mark McGwire and Major League Baseball...Murdoch has his flunkie now. Given the interpretation of the Patriot Act and some slick lawyering, what makes anyone think that Murdoch is in any fear whatsoever? He has all but renounced his Australian citizenship so he really doesn't give a shit about what happens there. Like I stated last week, ALL the above mentioned should bare their crosses in these various messes. England is no saint for taking pictures of prisoners in vulnerable positions, McGwire, Bonds, Clemens et al, need to be accountable for their steroid intake, Prior needs to be accountable for his actions at THE Ohio State University and Rebekkah Brooks needs to take her medicine in this News Corp scandal.

But if you think Murdoch, who has his grubby fucking claw in the worlds number one media market, with the number one station, preaching his very special brand of hate harm and discontent is worried? Recent history is on the side of him crying all the way to the bank.