Well, Larry Craig's walk to the gallows continues, and, as I predicted, it doesn't look like it will be a very long one by political standards - nothing like the grueling marathons turned in by the late Messrs. Gonzales and Rumsfeld, anyhow...Which tells you something pretty disturbing: engage in some questionable bathroom antics, and you'll be "pointed towards the exit" (ha ha; see the arrest report) pretty quickly, while if you are demonstrably incompetent and, ahem, untruthful, you can enjoy the support of the President for months on end. Which is not to say that Craig doesn't deserve to go - for being a hypocritical asshole, not for being gay - but just that some things that constitute a capital offense, politically-speaking, seem a little absurd when compared to other crimes that don't...
In any case (Craig's imminent departure notwithstanding), the Bloated Body Politic continues to gorge at the groaning buffet table that is America. Indeed, his appetite is as ravenous as ever. Today, in fact, provides a fine example of how he knows no limits; he is even willing, it appears, to steal sustenance from the mouths of babies. Yes, that's right - the health and well-being of the tiniest, most defenseless Americans is being put at risk because the baby formula industry wants to protect its profits. And who's gonna help them do it? Why, good old Mr. Politic, of course, in this case as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services and "a former chairman of the Republican National Committee," among others. See, these people gots to eat (and buy mansions, and get jobs as formula industry spokespeople and such), and if they gotta put the health of millions of babies at risk to do it, then by golly, they're gonna do it. Yup, it makes me proud. In fact, kinda makes me wanna put on some good ol' Lee Greenwood.
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