JD Guckert - Sexy Creepy Stealthy Bushie

The Budget should, once again, be the only story worth mentioning this morning. Josh Bolton appeared before Congress to frame the shell game, and everyone's playing the relevancy game, with regard to those programs that are hit or missed. I'm gonna sit back, read WAY too much background, and toss out there the stories I think need a moment of attention in your otherwise bizzy lives. No baby yet on this end, but thanks for asking. Trust us - we'll post all the shmutziest photos as soon as the FCC clears them post-delivery. Please check back.

My prior rant about White House-approved-plant Jeff Gannon and the collective disapproval of millions of Americans seem to have only emboldened this douchebag. Even though further "exposure" will probably only further encourage him, I suggest bookmarking his blog. Tracking how long he actually stays in the game might be rather fun. Oh, and all you puritans that believe that conservatives with a big "C" better reflect family values...look at this creep's personal webpage on AOL. My bet is that he'll last at best another month in DC and we'll be hearing very little from him thereafter. But for the time being, he's (barely) worth watching. I'm gonna email him this post to see if he will take my challenge to answer one question - "are you now, or have you ever been, JD Guckert?" If he takes that question, I'll eat a Minnesota Vikings hat. But I'm just one of hundreds of concerned viewers out there trying to discern what he wants to broadcast to our children. Still, great to see that Republican operatives represent a wide open and shirtless tent.

NFL Hall of Fame Inductee Fritz Pollard deserves every bit of that honor. Please read the rundown in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel of his years with the (formerly) NFL Badgers and otherwise. This induction represents long-overdue props to an entirely worthy era and the man most in need of mention from then.

Nobody can better assess Howard Dean's ascendancy than the handful of Vermont news organizations still on the story. I respect the Rutland News Herald, even though they sold out in cooperating with the Montpelier Times-Argus. I'm sure you feel the same.