East Coast Defense

Big thanks to everyone who participated in this week's poll. Here are the results:

CIA Director nominee Michael Hayden, in confirmation hearings Thursday, opined: "The American intelligence business has too much become the football in American political discourse." What do YOU think he meant?

32% - Every five seconds of action is followed by two excruciating minutes of inaction.
27% - Provisions of the Patriot Act entitle John Madden to sift through our mail.
23% - Both the NFL and the NSA proudly sponsored by Verizon Wireless.
8% - What the world calls "football," we call "soccer," what the world calls "torture," we call "interview."
5% - When your defense relies solely on interception, you're hopeless when the opposition chooses to run.
4% - The entire system is skewed to be sure that the Cowboys, Texans and Patriots have an advantage against the Redskins and the Browns.

"I Wash My Hands of Your Demolition"

To our cowardly state Senators, sitting on their asses in St Paul, who are altering the Twins, Vikings and Gophers' stadium bills - requiring a voter referendum: Grow a damn spine. You're being well-paid to represent us. So, represent, already. Are you so terrified to be held to task come re-election time? You can't ask us to vote on the tough bills just because you're afraid to get your hands dirty. A little perspective: I know that every time I order myself a Big Mac (tm), there's a very real chance I'll be food poisoned. But I'm not about to jump over the counter and make my own, I'm paying for other people to do that, and frankly, I just don't have the time or the inclination. So put your silly paper hat back on and grill us up a stadium deal, and you best Supersize that bitch.