Well looky, looky!

I’m certain you all recall me writing about William Jefferson of Louisiana. This bold politician had the gall to store $90,000 in his freezer. Hilarious!

I recall at that time that I placed him in our “exploding balls” category because he has more nerve than most of us could ever imagine. Come on. $90,000 stored in a freezer? In fact, he is the FIRST person to ever go in our exploding balls section. What an honor!

Convicted!

Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana was convicted Wednesday on 11 of the 16 corruption charges against him in a case that included the discovery of $90,000 in his freezer.

A federal court jury convicted Jefferson on four bribery counts, three counts of money laundering, three counts of wire fraud and one count of racketeering. He was acquitted on five other counts including wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

Jefferson, a 62-year-old Democrat, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 4, 2007, about two years after federal agents said they found the cash in his freezer. Authorities said the cash was part of a payment in marked bills from an FBI informant in a transaction captured on video.

Jefferson had pleaded not guilty. He faces a maximum possible sentence of 150 years in prison, with sentencing tentatively set for October 30.

After the verdict on the fifth day of jury deliberations, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis turned down a prosecution request for Jefferson to be taken into custody, ruling that he posed no flight risk.

The verdict showed that “no person, not even a congressman, is above the law,” said U.S. Attorney Dana Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia. Asked what might have turned the case in the prosecution’s favor, Boente said: “We always thought that a powerful piece of evidence in this case was $90,000 in a freezer.”

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The chick on the left with breasts hanging out is none other than Sahel Kazemi, the late girlfriend of the late quarterback, Steve McNair.

According to reports, McNair was still married to his wife, not separated—but was obviously behaving badly and disrespectfully.

Facts:

1.  Had been dating Sahel for a few months

2.  Was bold enough to purchase Sahel a vehicle and even placed his name on the title

3.  Was openly dating Sahel, even going out on trips with her

4.  Had allowed her to engage in drunk driving just days prior to his murder—and he was in the passenger’s seat

5.  Bailed her out of jail with his own money

6.  Was alone in a condo or apartment with Sahel when he was murdered [Reports have not come back yet but detectives are hinting at a murder - suicide]

7.  Two days before Steve’s death, Sahel purchased a gun—the gun that killed him.  Can someone say “pre-meditation”?   SOURCE

Question: Where was his respect for his wife and four children?  It boggles the mind that a man could be so cold as to flaunt his woman openly for the world to see and to actually put out big money for her support.  How cold and mean.

My heart goes out to Mechelle McNair and to her children.

Regarding Sahel and Steve—they are in God’s hands now and He will judge and handle the situation as He sees fit.

By the way, I have never issued an award posthumously.  However, I have no choice here.  To Steve McNair I offer the Exploding Balls Award. This man had a lot of  balls to boldly parade his woman so openly and rudely.

By:  Lynn Green

 Roland Burris

I believe that Hicktown now must name Illinois’ drama-king governor, Rob Blagojevich as our “favorite governor”. This man is a carvival act and we are being entertained for free.

When he walked onto the podium and had the balls and arrogance to appoint Roland Burris as Chicago’s new Senator to replace Barack Obama, I screamed with laughter. Yes, I know it’s not funny but the balls that that man has is hilarious to me.

Whew!

GO HERE to read more.

By:  Lynn Green

    Diva, would you pleeeeeeeease prepare a pot of hot water? I’ll be needing to drink some calming Green tea!

I was sitting here at the computer minding my own business and picking on absolutely no one when MSNBC suddenly put Gov. Blagojevich of Illinois on my television screen. He appeared in my home uninvited—and was  talking reaaaaaaal gangsta!

He came on confidently and aggressively and claimed to be totally innocent of all charges. He blamed the media  and a “lynch mob” for all his issues. He quoted poetry and painted himself as a victim as he indicated that “I will fight until I take my last breath”.

He said, “I am certain I will be vindicated” and indicated that truth is on his side.  Apparently void of any human emotions or feelings, he stood there and displayed no emotion other than aggression.

Diva…that tea ready yet?

Oh, and by the way….I award Gov. Blagojevich the EXPLODING BALLS Award for all nerve and guts that he showed on that screen today!

By:  Lynn Green

  LOL! Forgive me for laughing but Lousiana FINALLY woke up from an obvious trance or coma and voted Willaim Jefferson out of office. I awarded Mr. Jefferson the Exploding Balls award in the past. LINK

Anyway, you all recall I’m sure that $90,000 in bribe money was found in his freezer and he cannot seem to find a reasonable answer as to why it was there—yet claims innocence.

Happy to see his back. Now let’s hope he is convicted and jailed. His trial should be coming up pretty soon.

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By:  Lynn Green

  AIG execs dining high on the hog

It’s been a while since we have crowned anyone with Hicktown’s Exploding Balls Award but AIG has earned it.

Check this out:

a. This company has been begging and pleading the government for billions of dollars to bail them out of debt.

b. While begging for money, their executives decided to go on a top secret “business retreat” where they wined and dined high on the hog—receiving manicures, pedicures, facials, and massages.

PRESS HERE to hear the company president try to explain away the trip.

Even as the company was pleading the federal government for another $40 billion dollars in loans, AIG sent top executives to a secret gathering at a luxury resort in Phoenix last week.

Brian Ross investigates the insurance giant’s “seminar” at a posh resort.

Reporters for abc15.com (KNXV) caught the AIG executives on hidden cameras poolside and leaving the spa at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, despite apparent efforts by the company to disguise its involvement.

“AIG made significant efforts to disguise the conference, making sure there were no AIG logos or signs anywhere on the property,” KNXV reported.

They have earned Hicktown’s EXPLODING BALLS AWARD!

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by Deputy Diva

Okay, I think I’ve officially heard it all now.  Mr. Geoffrey Hale drove his Lexus to Derriere’s Gentleman’s Club in South Carolina with his 10-month old daughter strapped in the carseat in the backseat. 

Hale was apparently inside the strip joint long enough for someone to notice his unattended daughter in the backseat of the car and call 911.  Myrtle Beach Police responded to the scene, ran Hale’s plates and found him inside, reportedly smoking a cigarette and enjoying a lapdance.

Hale’s wife, Kara apparently works at the same strip club and it is unclear whether she was the one who was giving Hale the lapdance as their daughter remained unattended in the car.

Can someone explain to me though, why someone driving a high end luxury auto–a Lexus, could not afford a babysitter?

Hale then explained that his wife, Kara, strips at the club and that he was only there to pick up a phone from her. He told the cop he left the sleeping tot in the unlocked car – with the keys still in it – because he hadn’t wanted to take her inside the club.

1. Can someone explain to me why if he was only going to “pick up a phone” from his wife, that he needed to be inside this place long enough for someone to alert police; have police respond to the scene; run his license plates and then search the club for the owner of the Lexus?
2. Can someone explain why he got so comfortable to apparently enjoy a lap dance and a cigarette while his infant daughter remained in a parking lot, in a parked car WITH THE KEYS INSIDE?????
3. Suppose some pedophile had driven off with the Lexus and the child in tow?

And you want to hear some more craziness?  His wife claims “he was only waiting for her to finish her set.”   Pick up a phone or finish a set?  Which one is it?  Make up your minds already?

Kara Hale insisted her husband wasn’t getting a lap dance, adding that he was only waiting for her to finish her set.  SOURCE

We haven’t bestowed the infamous “Exploding Balls Award”  in a while, but these two genuises and poor excuses for parents truly deserve it based on this story. 

By:  Lynn Green

Nut case and murderer, Mumia Abu-Jamal has a lot of balls. In fact, I’m going to initiate him into Hicktown’s Exploding Balls section.

I’ll give him that. This drug addict murdered a police officer in cold blood, chose not to testify at his own trial and was convicted. He was given the death penalty, which was overturned back in March. This criminal has been surrounded by celebrities and sickos who could not care less that he murdered another human being.

Would you believe that this individual had the gall to try to get a new trial? Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear any arguments, which means that at a minimum, he will not be allowed back onto the streets to kill more innocent beings.

The US Supreme Court Monday refused to hear arguments for a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther accused of killing a police officer who has become an icon for anti-capital punishment campaigners.

His lawyer Robert Bryan has already said he will seek to bring a second Supreme Court appeal — on the grounds of racism — for the 54-year-old former radio journalist accused of the 1981 murder of Daniel Faulkner.

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by Deputy Diva

Honestly, you just can’t make this stuff up. I am just curious to know what would make a person… a PASTOR no less, lie about being terminally ill?

Well, this character, Michael Guglielmucci, claims that he did so and deceived his own wife, family and congregation for two years in order to hide his 16 year pornography addiction.

HUH????? Are any of you just as confused as I am about that?

What does cancer have to do with being a porn addict?
How can you even begin to compare the two?

We may need to issue the Exploding Balls Award on this one as anyone who would lie about having a disease like Cancer truly has some exploding balls.

And if that weren’t enough, Guglielmucci even recorded a hit song about his ‘battle’ with cancer, entitled Healer , which debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA charts.  He can even be seen performing the song while wearing an oxygen tube HERE on YouTube.

The song has become an anthem of faith for believers, many of whom are suffering their own illness and were praying for a miracle for Mr Guglielmucci.

Guglielmucci, was a pastor at one of Australia’s biggest youth churches, Planetshakers. His parents established Edge Church International, an Assemblies of God church at O’Halloran Hill.  Guglielmucci and his wife Amanda are currently receiving professional help.  His wife says that she was the first person he told and that she is currently receiving counseling to deal with everything, but she will stand by her husband during this embarrassing and emotional time.

The Australian Christian Church immediately suspended him once the truth was known.  Some Parishioners who have donated money to Guglielmucci’s ’cause’ have expressed outrage at this man’s bold lies and deception and have demanded their money back. 

Guglielmucci’s father claims that every cent will be returned to whomever wants their money back. It will be interesting to see if that promise is actually kept since thousands are believed to have donated money to Guglielmucci.

I wonder what this man will do if he actually does wind up with cancer? It is not cute to play with God, or falsely claim diseases for that matter.  I do hope this man does get the professional & spiritual help he obviously needs.

More HERE, HERE, HERE , HERE & HERE.

By:  Lynn Green

LOL!  Whew….Charles Rangel, who has more money than he and his wife will ever spend in this lifetime, has the nerve to be living in a rent stabilized Harlem apartment.  The fact  that he can sleep nights knowing how he is taking advantage is a miracle in and of itself.

Rep. Charles Rangel responded Friday to a newspaper report that he has four rent-stabilized apartments in Harlem, saying that he does not “see anything unfair” about the arrangement.

Rangel said at a news conference Friday that he pays the maximum legal rent for his apartments and he has received no special treatment from the landlord. The New York Times revealed the congressman’s living situation in its Friday editions, noting that the city is experiencing a chronic shortage of low- and moderate-income housing.

“I don’t see anything unfair about it, and I didn’t even know it was a deal,” said Rangel, who lives in three combined apartments.

Housing experts told the newspaper that it is not illegal to acquire more than one rent-stabilized apartment, but knew of no one else with four of them. The city’s rent-stabilization regulations allow tenants to renew leases if they use their unit as a primary residence, paying annual increases set by a city board.

Rangel said he would look into whether there were any legal concerns with his keeping the fourth apartment as an office — but said that he keeps a Murphy bed there and stops at the unit first-thing after returning late from Washington.

The congressman pays about half the market rate for three adjacent units at the luxury Lenox Terrace complex, while the fourth apartment is several floors below, the Times reported.

Rangel’s monthly rent last year for all four units was $3,893, the paper said. The market rate would total about $7,500. Rangel’s net worth is $566,000 to $1.2 million, the Times said, citing congressional disclosure records.

GO HERE to read remainder of article….and because of the amount of NERVE he has, I officially reserve a special award for Mr. Rangel. It’s HickTown’s very own Exploding Balls awards.