Tweetin' the Tweet

We decided to resurrect our Twitter account today, so prepare yourself for 140-character pearls of wisdom...

Free Verse

We called it on HuffPo: Palin's a poet, though most don't know it. William Shatner does, however.

Racist by Another Name

Namely, "Birther."

In the NYT, MSNBC Prez Phil Griffin calls the Birther movement what it is-- racist. This one's a little less subtle than the po-po in Cambridge: Obama's done been profiled to the hilt here. Sorry, old white guys, but your days in the majority (and as being synonymous with the term "American") are numbered...

Wright or Wrong

Jeffrey Wright weighs in; a worthwhile read in which he lets us know what really went down that night in Shreveport.

Hops and Barley Diplomacy

Obama offers to sit down and have a beer with Gates and the arresting officer-- seems to follow the pattern we remember early in the campaign:

Obama says something we agree with, has to step back to accommodate the mainstream masses, and turns it into a teachable moment. In the process, he's probably pissing off people on both sides, but we have to say (especially after the previous 8 years), second-guessing your words and actions from time to time is something we can believe in.

Skip G

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. acquires some street cred... America reevaluates its racial progress.

Chew 'em if You Got 'em

Apparently, this gum would allow you to do more than just walk while chewing it...

Daily Telegraph: Hamas accuses Israel of dumping aphrodisiac gum on Gaza

In Defense of Sanford

Bill Maher has a point: "At least Sanford was truly in love" and not "just having sex with the easiest roadkill [he] can find."

See it herre.

The Most Boring Man on the Face of the Earth

That'd be Al Franken, the newly minted senator from Minnesota... when there's not a punch line attached (and there won't be), that's a voice that'll put you to sleep faster than you can say Ben Stein.

Bueller?

Brü-- no.

Somehow, we don't find the idea of a gay Austrian fashionista as funny as a Khyrgisthani rube...

White-Colored Glasses

The only two people from the MJ ceremony that NPR pointed out were John Mayer and Brooke Shields

Palintology

Lots of theories/rumors surrounding Sarah Palin's decision to leave the governorship early-- we think she may just be delusional enough to think that she does have a chance for the Republican nomination, and didn't think she'd be able to get through "Foreign Policy for Dummies" in her spare time.

That, or she's looking to get a talk show.

So You Think You Can Dance?

... uh, no, actually, we don't.

Brother Michael

The Pew Research Center reinforces the anecdotal evidence.