Worst Week Ever

Until my scanner starts to work, there will just be Worst Week Evers and the like. Also, because I missed last week's WWE, here's a double dose of depressing news.

1. Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, betrayed all Democrats this week when he played the deciding vote of whether or not to block funding to Cheney's office. He should still be admired though, Mr. Nelson is one true non-partisan politician.
2. Regular readers of this blog (all of one or two) know that one of my favorite things in the world is irony. How's this: Louisiana Senator David Vitter was one of the first to call for impeachment of President Clinton when the sex scandal broke. Thank you and goodnight.
3. John Edwards was overheard saying to Hilary, long story short, how many of the smaller and lesser known candidates shouldn't have been at the Democratic debate.
4. Michael Vick and anybody who believes his stories and thinks he should still play. I'm talking to you four Falcon fans out there.
5. Bush vetoing a bill that would help with children's insurance. The catch? It would raise cigarrette taxes. Good thing No Child Left Behind is such a roaring success, or else it would seem he doesn't really care about children.
6. Just when you though FEMA was in the clear, evidence shows that they knew about some trailers containing formaldehyde and didn't (get this) RESPOND QUICK ENOUGH.
7. A visa has finally been approved for Bolivian professor Waskar Ari after a 25-month wait. Ari was percieved as a security threat, and thanks to our open, honest government, no answer has been given as to why he was kept out of the country for something that usually takes half as long.
8. The new face of flip-flopping, Mitt Romney (a.k.a. Flip-Flop Mitt) called out Obama on what he called "science-based" (?) sex education in kindergarten. Funny thing is, Romney supported this exact same thing as governor of Massechusetts. The truth is, the "sex ed" is really just teaching kids what is appropriate and inappropriate touching, for example, to avoid child abuse, no bananas and condoms involved. Blogger's Note: I question the common sense of a political party that gets angry at the words "science-based".
9. A mistrial was called for the "non-rape" case (see June 8). Correct me if I'm wrong, but in a murder trial, isn't the procecution supposed to try and prove the defendant COMMITTED A CRIME, instead of DANCING AROUND THE TOPIC. The whole case has turned into an embarrassment for the state of Nebraska. If you are a woman (or even know a woman), you have an obligation to say something and support Ms. Bowen, so please do so now.
10. The extreme Christians (and jealous authors) who are angry at Potter-mania. Some studies have shown that just because kids are picking up Potter doesn't mean they will read any more than usual, but still. This much excitment over a book these days is fantastic, even is Harry is a heathan.