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Saturday, May 26, 2007

No Checks, No Balances, No Balls.

Ok, so I copped the initial idea for that post title from a headline used by "The Nation" magazine/blog this past Friday. Of course, I embellished it just a tad. Ya know, sorta like No Runs, No Hits, No Errors.

"The Nation" had left off that crucially descriptive 3rd and final element, "No Balls". "No Balls" completes something-of a double entendre ... No Runs, No Hits, No Errors = the sport of baseball and the double part involves the male anatomy, gonads ... ya know, the body part lacking from Democratic members of Congress. Get it [I went to such lengths to explain, incase a Republican't might be reading]?

It's a wholly appropriate, one line description of the United States government and the Democratic Congress.

Anyway, here's the link to the article appearing in "The Nation": http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=199204

Posted by DA on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 05:52 PM in Current Affairs |

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