Having a Ball
*Heard on the Hill: GOP mommies order cease and desist on environmentally themed finger-painting at House Child Care Center. Next, they'll ban all rainbow iconography, claiming that it's pushing the homosexual agenda...Sen. Ted Stevensno longer Alaska's golden boy...By all accounts,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reidis preparing for an unsuccessful stint on Last Comic Standing...Congress admits to being full of shit... Pulitzer Prize winner and wife ofSen. Sherrod Brown(D-Ohio),Connie Schultz,reports an incident when former House Majority LeaderJohn Boehner(R-Ohio) protected her from his "dog-genitalia" themed humor. [ Roll Call ]
*Reliable Source: FreshmanNew York State Assemblyman Greg Ball, who was already a candidate for Biggest Douche in the Universe by virtue of playing polo, now becomes the frontrunner for the title as unassuming attendees of his Courage Cup fundraiser are finding themselves involuntary donors to the assemblyman's campaign. [ WP ]
*Yeas and Nays: Why didn't he just give them Lincoln logs?...The Marijuana Policy Project is insisting that medical marijuana policy reform is the Christian thing to do. [Examiner ]
*Under the Dome: Congress only complies with the Disabilities Act when there are disabled congressmen...Trent Lottsteals pages from Steinbeck [ The Hill ]
*Rush & Molloy: Michael Mooresays thanks for the free publicity. [ NYDN ]