'Cism? You Make the Call

"I can't make things worse you say? Watch this."-Rod Blahblahblahblah


The best way to start the year off is with some good old 'cism, and its even better when its gubment 'cism.

With Illinois Gov. (for now) Rod Blagojevich in enough trouble for putting Illinois' Senate seat up for sale, I guess he figured he might as well kick it up a notch and appoint a Senator despite Senate Democrats pleading with him not to.

Appointing any old senator wasn't enough for Blagojevich though, he had to appoint a black man, Ron Burris.

Senate Democrats had already planned on not accepting anybody Blagojevich appointed, but the racial dynamic added on (Burris will be the only black Senator.) makes it an even stickier situation.

You hear that? That's the sound of Jesse Jackson fainting from the possiblities of all the grandstanding he'll get to do on this issue.

I wouldn't be surprised if Blagojevich just went all out and snorted coke in the courtroom as they send him off to jail, he clearly doesn't care about anything at this point.

Oh yeah, Happy New Year.

ACORN Diffuses A-Bomb

The Republicans are going to have to find a new drum to bang after ACORN acknowledged potential voter fraud.

For those out of the loop, ACORN is a nationwide organization that has been registering poor and moderate-income voters across 18 states.

The group has been the subject of many negative ads because of its ties to Obama, but mostly because the voters that ACORN is registering are more likely to vote for Obama.

Trust, if ACORN was focusing its registering drives on Wall St., there wouldn't be a problem.

Officials from ACORN said that it is the responsibility of state election officials to weed out the bad applications (which is a suspect statement, because the likelihood of officials catching every single bad application is slim to none).

I think Republicans have a right to call shenanigans if they feel like somebody is trying to overwhelm the system, but in reality, its not that big of an issue...I highly doubt that half of those people even vote.

Politician + Church = Ruh Roh

Apparently Sarah Palin didn't get TV way up in Alaska and hadn't heard of the Rev. Wright controversy, because this video of her being blessed by a radical preacher has surfaced.

The preacher is Bishop Thomas Muthee, a pastor at Wasilla Assembly of God church, where Palin has been a member for years.

In the clip, he asks Jesus to protect Palin from all forms of witchcraft and blesses her campaign for Governor. She later went on to win the seat in 2006.

This stuff practically writes itself.

The $14,000 was for Blockbuster late fees, I swear!

Oh how the mighty has fallen.

Just a few months ago, Senator John Edwards was the one of the most sought-after endorsement on the campaign trail, with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton climbing over each other to woo his support.

Now, with the Democratic National Convention right around the corner, the admission of an affair with Rielle Hunter put him on an island so lonely Tom Hanks offered to buy him a volleyball.

An associate of Edwards told the Associated Press that the $14,000 Edwards gave Hunter was for 100 hours of video she had recorded during the production of some "Webisodes" she made for him.

(Right, and all the girls on the Chinese Women's Gymnastics team are actually 16.)

This is when keeping it politically correct goes horribly wrong.

John, this song is for you, because you need some church: