Below The Beltway

Heard this song on the radio while blogging tonight.
Pure perfection

Apparently, it involves a Republican Senator from Idaho:
Sen. Larry E. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men’s restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a court spokeswoman and the senator’s office said yesterday.
Craig issued a statement confirming his arrest and [...]

About two years ago, The Washington Post and WTOP, one of the top-rated news radio stations in the D.C. area, decided to enter into a joint venture; turn over an entire radio station to Washington Post reporters and columnists.
Yea, I didn’t listen to it either:
Washington Post Radio, which brought the newspaper’s journalists to the local [...]

Alberto Gonzalez has resigned as Attorney General:
Embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has resigned from his post, according to an administration official, ending a controversial cabinet tenure that included clashes with Congress over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the nature of efforts to spy on U.S. citizens.
The official said Gonzales submitted a letter [...]

As the College Football season, the Washington Post ponders whether the Scarlet Knights are for real:
Rutgers sent New Jersey into a frenzy last season, starting 9-0 and finishing 11-2, including the first bowl victory in school history. In one magical season, the Scarlet Knights shed a century-old reputation as a laughingstock, swapping it for the [...]

Apparently, it’s to protect that most-important family vacation:
A unique Virginia law designed to help the tourism industry is extending summer vacations in the Commonwealth while pupils in the District of Columbia and Maryland began the school year this month.
Virginia is the only state in the country that prohibits public schools from opening before the Tuesday [...]

I missed this story last week, but the Congressional Quarterly reports that Congressional staffers have been spending time editing Wikipedia:
Political spats, petty vandalism, cleft chins and Rep. Rahm Emanuel’s (fictional) death by shark attack — Wikipedia users on House computers clearly have a lot of time on their hands.
A new online tool has made it [...]

From The Miss Teen USA Pagent:

The Democratic National Committee is stepping into the debate over the continued unraveling of the primary calendar for 2008, and setting up a confrontation with the State of Florida in the process:
The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party leaders and cracking down on [...]

This got deleted during yesterday’s blog meltdown, but it is worth reposting: