Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Observations 11.20

Hypocrite, according to the Urban Dictionary, a person who engages in the same behaviors he condemns others for.

This morning Republican Rep. Trey Radel of Florida pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine. Radel, a freshman congressman, had been arrested in Washington earlier this month as he purchased cocaine from an undercover agent and also had cocaine in his apartment. Radel will enter in-patient treatment in Florida and has already been seeing a drug counselor in Washington. In court today Radel’s lawyer, David Schertler, said the congressman has been in treatment at the Executive Addiction Disease Program.

As the Pope said, who am I to judge, unless ....

Last month Radel voted in favor of the House version of the farm bill which included a provision that would require food stamp recipients be drug tested.