Morning Paper Rants

1. This bankruptcy "reform" bill is an antidemocratic (small "d") shame and abomination. And those are strong words coming from me: in my day job, I'm a professional moneylender.

2. The New York Times this morning notes that the evidentiary noose is slowly tightening around the demonic Tom DeLay and his criminal scheme to corrupt the 2002 Texas state legislature election, which in turn resulted in the redrawing of Federal congressional districts and expanded DeLay's hold over his evil Congressional minions.

There. I feel better now.