Best in Show for the freshman Congressional class of 2007 goes to Rep. Keith Ellison, who has asked the the Library of Congress for the use of Thomas Jefferson's Q'ran for his swearing in.
Thomas Jefferson was the most illustrious person to live in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, which is currently represented by noted Ellison detractor Virgil Goode. TJ would surely be pleased and, if still alive, would have loaned Ellison his copy himself. Talk about a keen sense of enlightened demogoguery. Wish Ellison were my representative instead of Goode.
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SNARCOPHAGY: n., the major media's cannibalization of the public brain through the use of pervasive spin, overblown rhetoric, and nagging pablum, the goal of which is to bypass rational voter thought, disrupt critical social dialogue, and cause a complete democratic system failure. [Take note, OED: Word and definition created by TL Patten, Dec. 2004]
About Me
- TL Patten
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- 3 parts observation, 2 parts analysis, 2 parts culture vulture, 1 part burning idealism, 1 part inspiration, 1 part kite-flying child. Add a large dollop of imagination, shake, and pour over ice.
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- Gingered
- Red Hot Funding: Election 2008 Goes Private
- McCain Opposed to ... Bush?
- Barack Not an Island
- The Richardson File
- Richardson in the Ring
- Green Plaidie Scotsman
- "Service Fodder" or Valued Employee?
- Energy to Go
- House Passes Minimum Wage Bill
- Economic Caste as a Way of Life
- Hunting the Snark
- SWF Refugee
- New Conservation Series Starts Jan. 18
- Best in Show
- Reassessment
- Affordable Housing Future--TONIGHT @ City Council!
- 5 Things You Never Knew About Me
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