The terrible, swift sword of justice
-Promises, promises-
Speaking to an audience at a Rochester, NH small arms factory, GOP presidential candidate John McCain told factory workers, "I will follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell and I will shoot him with your products." In your face, Osama bin Laden! Boo-Ya!
McCain immediately backpedalled. After the event, McCain clarified that the president doesn't actually go around shooting people. "I certainly didn't mean I would actually shoot him. I am certainly angry at him, but I was only speaking in a way that was trying to emphasize my point," McCain said. "I would not shoot him myself."
No word on whether he'd actually order that the factory's products would be taken to the threshold of Hades to be used in said execution. Sounds like a typical campaign promise to me. Slick talking politicians are always telling you they're going to reform this and cut that and go to the Gates of Hell to blow smoking holes in the other, but once they get in office... Well, I'm just saying Thompson Arms Center shouldn't get their hopes up. (Boston Globe)
-Headline [and subheader] of the day-
"Straitjacket Bush," with the subheader, "The president's warmongering remarks on the Iranian threat suggest he is psychotic. Really." Apparently, this is still news in some quarters. Personally, I've been saying that Bush is squirrellier than a walnut grove for years.
Bonus revolutionary comment on reddit, "Less talkie more coupie." Wish I'd thought of that one... (LA Times)
-Getting hammered at the Piggly-Wiggly-
Wisconsin is just coming out of a tremendous budget battle. The governor is expected to sign a compromise budget after a standoff with the GOP controlled Assembly -- 110 days late, the last budget passed in the nation.
Included in this compromise budget is a pretty screwy provision -- allowing grocery stores to hand out free booze. Not beer, not wine, but booze. According to the report, "Each customer could have up to three samples of half an ounce or less, or about a shot-and-a-half." After a couple two-three trips around town, you could be feeling pretty good.
People are already getting visions of drunks knocking over pyramids of canned wax beans, getting in wrecks in parking lots, and picking fights with the bag boy. Besides, you ever go shopping when you're hammered? It's a great idea if you want to wake up the next day with a terrible headache and a cupboard full of barbecued squid tentacles, blue cheese dressing, and pickled okra. Trust me, what sounds good when you're drunk isn't so appetizing when you're hungover.
Thankfully, Governor Doyle is expected to use his line-item veto to eliminate the provision. A grateful state thanks him. (AP)
