Jan/091
Pigeon Hunting Season — The Truce Has Been Broken
Will W invade the sky to make sure the birds have no WMDs?
The Truce has been broken.
JERRY: You ran over some pigeons? How many?GEORGE: What ever they had. Miranda thinks I'm a butcher but it's not my fault is it? Don't we have a deal with the pigeons?
JERRY: Of course. We have a deal. They get out of the way of our cars, we look the other way on the statue defecation.
GEORGE: Right! And these pigeons broke the deal. I will not accept the blame for this.
If anyone wants to shoot some damn pigeons, (those mutated scavengers, flying rats, vectors for disease), now is the time. Just watch your back.
And speaking of backs, it's amazing that no one on the plane was killed. Then again, according to Kramer the East River, though disgusting and toxic, has healing powers. Maybe the Hudson's waters are also magic...
[Image via flickr]
Jan/090
Burris' Shot Tossed Into The 12th Row
Burris and Kramer. Two men burned by their own desire.
An old high school friend (and fellow political junkie) posted on Facebook that he "couldn't believe the Senate really gave Roland Burris the Heisman (stiff arm, not the trophy)."
Senate officials this morning rejected Roland Burris's effort to be seated as the successor to President-elect Barack Obama, telling the former Illinois attorney general that he lacked the requisite approval of state officials to be sworn in with the rest of the class of 2008 in today's launch of the 111th Congress.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and a bipartisan group of leaders have rejected Burris's appointment on the grounds that the criminal charges against Blagojevich, including one that he tried to sell the appointment in exchange for financial gain, make it impossible for him to pick a successor to Obama without tarnishing the decision.
The impression I got was that the party said -- in no uncertain terms -- that all Democrats were to cut the governor loose. We're talking a giant, neon Seinfeld-esque Kenny Rogers Roasters sign screaming STAY AWAY.
Still, Burris wanted the job, so took the shot while it was there... and got completely rejected. Swatted. Roofed. Denied.
That's what happens when you don't work within the team offense -- the boss says you're not professional enough for the big leagues, benches you, and tries to trade you (see Randolph, Anthony).