Republican Hill Stafers: As Petty As Fourth Graders
From WSJ, via Stakeholder:
"Amid all the partisan rancor of congressional politics, the softball league has for 37 years been a rare case of bipartisan civility, an opportunity for Democratic and Republican aides to sneak out of work a bit early and take the field in the name of the lawmaker, committee or federal agency they work for.
"This year, the league will be missing something: a lot of the Republicans.
"During the off-season, a group of Republican teams seceded from the league after accusing its Democratic commissioner, Gary Caruso, of running a socialist year-end playoff system that gives below-average teams an unfair chance to win the championship.
"The league "is all about Softball Welfare — aiding the weak by punishing the strong," the pitcher of one Republican team told Mr. Caruso in an email. "The commissioner has a long-standing policy of punishing success and rewarding failure. He's a Democrat. Waddya' expect?" read another email, from Gary Mahmoud, the coach of BoehnerLand, a team from the office of Republican Majority Leader John Boehner.
"The softball coup is a "reflection of how partisan and Republican this town has really become since Republicans took control," responds Mr. Caruso, a longtime Democratic aide who worked for congressmen in the 1980s and '90s. "Republicans come here and want to bash your head in. And if they don't get their way, they pick up the ball and go home.""
Wow. No, Really, Wow.
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) sent an interesting letter to a constituant.
One of her staffers needs to work on his/her professionalism.
Fight the Man George, Fight the Man…
So it turns out that President Bush has illegal music on his iPod.
When the most corperate-friendly president since the Depression is spitting in the record company's eyes, you know they're bad, bad men.
What do Landis and Phillip Morris have in common?
Neither find smoking babies very funny. Phillip Morris recently filed a lawsuit against the makers of the novelty toy "Smoking Baby" (as well as Smoking Monkey) because the baby smokes a brand bearing similar resemblance to Marlboro reds, and it enjoys it.
I thought it was pretty damn funny.
Something Good About Marriage… Hmm…
Anti-gay group Coloradans for Marriage made a list of great things about marriage. Too bad they couldn't think of any.
Via Kos.
9/11 Report to be made into comic book
THE best-selling report by the commission that examined the September 11 attacks is being adapted into a graphic book, which the publisher hopes will widen the audience for the panel's findings….
The book was edited by Sid Jacobson, who created the Richie Rich comic series, and illustrated by Ernie Colon, who worked on comics including Spider-Man, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.
The book is the first in a series planned by the publisher. Others slated for publication later this year are graphic biographies of civil rights leader Malcolm X and former US President Ronald Reagan.
Beyond the fact that they are doing a comic adaptation, edited by THE CREATOR OF RICHIE RICH, of the report… Reagan and Malcolm X? In the same sentence? What the fuck?
M!
I Was White House COS, and All I Got Was This Lousy Egg McMuffin
Former OMB Director Josh Bolton takes Andy Card's job as Chief-of-Staff for President Bush. But it's okay, he gave him an Egg McMuffin.
Awkward…
There’s Really Nothing Funny About This
Holy shit, I think a part of my soul just died.
From AP:
"PURCELL, Okla. – The man accused of killing a 10-year-old neighbor girl for an elaborate plan to eat human flesh joked about cannibalism on his online diary, discussed the effects of not taking his anti-depression medication and mentioned 'dangerously weird' fantasies.
"All he wanted in life, Kevin Ray Underwood wrote in his blog, was 'to be able to live like a normal person.'"
Of course, he has a blog…
What is wrong with people online?
On a Related Note
I thought that this might be fitting, considering Cody's last post:
Read an interesting story about the drinking scene in Minneapolis, and more at http://www.drunkard.com/.
It may be sad, or it may be glorious, but…
My life is better for its existence.
-c
