She's out on bail and out of jail and that's the way it goes...

Cane. Sugar. (insert bassline here)It's all for Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 and Melle Mel! If you haven't fingered it out yet, I'm talking aobut former Bahflonian Mothra Stewart. That's right, more shocking than her jail sentence is the fact that she started out in Buffalo, NY. The City's East side is where she lived until she was whisked away to an even better place...New Jersey. The East side is home to the old skool Polish community and Sister squirrelfriend is down with pierogies, da Broadway Market dere hey, and she's even had Vidler's 5 & 10 on her show. Now that I almost totally outted her--I would've included her Polish maiden name but I don't know it and I couldn't spell it if I did. Although she did commit a crime and lied about it, how about the Enrons and Halliburtons of this world? They made a big deal out of her and for that matter the Rigases who had shady dealings in Adelphia Cable but you didn't see the media circus around those friendly to the Bush folks (Enron, Halliburton, etc.). Despite her wrongdoing, I think the Bushies used her to divert attention from their friends. Her payoff is the lucrative deals that come from the notoriety and the public relations spin that kept her in the public eye when she was in the clink. Now Deborah Norville plans on discussing Martha's post-jail life by broadcasting her CNN morning show live from her Wrong Island, NY home on Monday. I think it's on in the a.m.--I don't have time to watch that crap when I'm hauling pussoir to work--Ugh! Let's hope Norville will do a segment on how she performs feminine hygiene chores with her ankle bracelet on.
While I'm on the subject of jailed corporate crooks, I found it rather funny that the announcement of Adelphia Cable becoming the first cable company to air triple X films on pay-per-view and it's subsequent decision not to do so, arrived to little fanfare. John Rigas, a staunch republican, dropped the "Spice" network five years ago because he found it offensive. The recent decision to be porn "pioneers" was due to the earnings potential of pay-per-view and video-on-demand and public demand. An Adelphia spokesperson said, "People want it, so we are trying to provide it. The more Xs, the more popular." They quickly abandoned this effort when the religious nutters chimed in against it. Adelphia was afraid they'd tarnish the already bankrupt company's image as it hits the selling block. Tarnished image=low profits. Nonetheless, I was tempted to write the local news rag and say that I'm not offended by porn and as an adult I choose for the most part not to watch it (cheezy and free Pam Anderson/Tommy Lee videos aside--thanks Paulie). What offends me is corporate heads who raid company funds to supplement their lavish lifestyles with the expectation that the stockholders pay for the bail-out. Rigas is a self-righteous douchebag.
Speaking of douches, here's a great article on Erie County government and how badly they mangled the budget situation.