WTF Is It Now?!?

Actually, the only thing better would be seeing her picture next to a chimp:

Not only are pets beginning to appear as survivors in the obituaries of human beings, but pets are beginning to get their own obits. Most pet obits have been relegated to the classifieds. But some pet obits are appearing among the obits of humans, which is hugely displeasing to some human survivors.

As St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Betty Cuniberti put it, "I'm trying to imagine a sorrowful son opening our newspaper to look for his mother's obituary and finding her picture next to one of a hamster."

Even worse would be the issue of the hamster's many survivors. Ms Cuniberti imagined that there would be 427 children and grandchildren, "including 154 named Fluffy."



the cable nooze wars continue:

As the underdogs, the Crossfire gang is getting attention. One way to do that, as a veteran political operative like [Paul] Begala knows, is to take shots at the powers that be. In the wake of Begala and Carville's joining the show, an item in U.S. News & World Report noted that GOP leaders were "blackballing" the show. "Sounds like [House majority whip] Tom DeLay [is responsible] . He's a classic coward," says Begala. "He won't show up [on Crossfire]. He'd rather go play patty-cake on Fox."


Speaking of Crossfire, I almost shot wine out of my nose last night with this one from Begala: "How the hell can [bush] claim to be a war leader when he's out there whoring the special interests' money?"



Chickensh1t repukes still at it:

Sen. Robert Byrd lashed out at the administration Thursday for letting Homeland Security Reichschicken Tom Ridge informally brief senators while Byrd's committee was holding a hearing at which Ridge had refused to appear.

"Instead of allowing Director Ridge to testify, the administration would rather trivialize homeland security with these made-for-television stunts," said Byrd, as his panel began hearing from four other top administration officials.

"This committee cannot be distracted from our efforts by these sophomoric political antics," Byrd said. "It that damned idiot is too scared to crawl out of his hole to explain to Americans just what the hell he's doing, then maybe he should leave to spend more time with his family, for crissakes."

Few questions were hard-edged and Ridge broke no new ground, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., pointedly thanked Ridge and Hatch "for being invited to your press conference." She did not add "...Dickheads!", though it would've been within her rights to do so.