OPEN FORUM FRIDAY

A few stories that caught my eye this week: 1. “Charlie Rangel's tainted legacy”Rep. Charles Rangel hoped a public policy center bearing his name would be his final legacy — and now, in disastrous fashion, it almost certainly will be. Rangel’s obsessive drive to win public and private funding for the institution at the City College of New York is at the center of a 13-count allegation that he broke House ethics rules and federal statutes governing behavior by public officials. The 41-page document offers a sweeping indictment of Rangel, painting the portrait of a legislator who abused his office to burnish his name, repeatedly failed to accurately account for his own income and assets and did not abide by the very tax laws he oversaw as the top Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. […]Read more: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40439.htmlhttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40439.h… />Two words come to mind whenever I read about a corrupt and/or crazy-azz politician: TERM. LIMITS.2. “Roseanne Star Sara Gilbert Talks About Sexuality For First Time”Here’s a hint: She’s Gay and has two children with TV producer Allison Adler.Read more: <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/29/sara-gilbert-gay/http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/29/sara-gilbert-g… />Not really surprised.3. “Ellen DeGeneres leaving American Idol”Ellen DeGeneres is bailing as a judge of the hit talent competition after one season, Fox and the comedian announced on Thursday: "While I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings." Read more: <a href="http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=513304&gt1=28103http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=513304&amp… />NOT surprised.4. “Rove Projects Big GOP Gains in Midterm Elections”Karl Rove argued that Republicans would either take back the House or make the Democratic margin very small today at a Heritage Foundation event.Read more: <a href="http://www.frumforum.com/rove-projects-big-gop-gainshttp://www.frumforum.com/rove-projects-big-gop-ga… />Uum…is this the same Karl Rove who peddled his bullsh…Ooops, I mean…predicted GOP “Gains” in the 2006 Midterm elections? And now he’s back peddling the same bullsh…Ooops, I mean…predicting IN JULY 2010 that the Repubs will make big “Gains’ in NOVEMBER of this year??? Lol….Happy TGIF Everybody!