What planet do these justices live on? (Dickerson | Detroit Free Press)

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BY BRIAN DICKERSON
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

... instead of learning that the Amalgamated Food Adulteration Corp. is pleased with the job state Sen. X has been doing, we learn that a group known only as Americans for the Eradication of Child Pornography has been shocked to discover that a man whose name sounds awfully like that of state Sen. X's opponent was recently charged with soliciting a prostitute.

Never mind that the person charged was actually the candidate's similarly named cousin, or that said cousin was subsequently acquitted. Never mind that the top 10 contributors to Americans for the Eradication of Child Pornography turn out to be officers of the Amalgamated Food Adulteration Corp., all of whom live in the same gated community thousands of miles from state Sen. X's district. And never mind that those executives' preference for Congressman X owes largely to his support for legislation exempting their company from new regulations restricting the use of asbestos in pork sausage.
No mandate for disclosure

Never mind, because Amalgamated Food Adulteration Corp. has no obligation to disclose these things. It's up to Congressman X's opponent to find corporate sponsors with the wherewithal to set the record straight. (Or perhaps, by pledging to support even more liberal exemptions from food safety regulations, he can persuade Amalgamated Food Adulteration Corp. to sponsor a second TV campaign exposing state Sen. X's curious enthusiasm for cross-dressing.) ...

http://www.freep.com/article/20100124/COL04/1240424/1068/Opinion/What-planet-do-these-justices-live-on

[Hekate]

1. KnR

[Demeter]

2. It's Called BushWorld (reg. trademark)

and it's been open for business since 1980 Morning in America.

[Tutankhamun]

3. K&R

[Bitwit1234]

4. M-O-N-E-Y & G-R-E-E-D

[Vidar]

5. K&R.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Wish it wasn't my planet!