Monthly Archives: September 2005

DeLay Indicted!

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This from Larry Margasak at AP:

DeLay attorney Steve Brittain said DeLay was accused of a criminal conspiracy along with two associates, John Colyandro, former executive director of a Texas political action committee formed by DeLay, and Jim Ellis, who heads DeLay’s national political committee.

“I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader pursuant to rules of the House Republican Conference and the actions of the Travis County district attorney today,” DeLay said.

This should result in a considerable loss of political capital for the GOP.

Quote of the Year, After the Disaster Edition

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“It boils down to the fact that we did the catastrophic planning a year ago, and had no money since then to do anything.”

Former FEMA Head Mike Brown.

Which sounds exactly like almost every military organization I’ve belonged to for the past 21 years. Ya make the plans but they take at least 5 years to implement, by which time the technology you were going to use is completely out of date.

Movie Trivia For 9/24/05

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As it seems we don’t get much traffic here over the weekends, I have to beg you not to Google this – at least until Tuesday – to give our readers who might know this off the tops of their heads a fair chance:

This renowned actress got her film debut, quite inauspiciously, in Dutch in Seven Lessons.

Update: As this seems to have fallen off the front page, I just fiddled with th time tag, to bring it to the fore.

Update 2: The Answer! Audrey Hepburn. It’s a popular misconception, especially in the United States, that she made he film debut in Roman Holiday . But she had a developing career in Europe (where her most memorable picture was, arguably, The Lavender Hill Mob, staring Alec Guinness) before being “discovered” by Colette and whisked off to Broadway to do the title role in the stage version of Gigi.

Thanks to the readers who looked-up the answer, but remained mum.

Oh, This Is Interesting

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In an effort to bring my last Movie Trivia puzzle back to the front page, I edited the time stamp to something actually ahead of current time. And it disappeared.

I don’t think it’s gone. It will likely come back, once real time surpasses the time stamp.

Anyway, I still remember the puzzle. And there was only one post (from. I believe, James Agenbroad), with some teasing clues. BTW: I didn’t get the one about the Jeep.