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New England Journal of Medicine Reports Mental Health Epidemic Among Republican Governors

Erratic Behaviors Cited

A new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine warns of a "mental health epidemic" afflicting the nation's Republican governors.

According to the study, the symptoms of the epidemic include "bizarre, uncontrollable behaviors" and "grandiose self-ideations," including an impulse to compare oneself to Biblical figures.

The study also says that the mental disorder is manifest in "erratic, incoherent" speech and a syndrome akin to Tourette "in which the patient does not appear to know when to stop talking."

There are other worrisome symptoms, such as "geographical dislocation," in which the afflicted person may think he is hiking in North America when he is actually having sex in South America.

Finally, and most troubling according to the study, the patient "may speak in basketball analogies that have meaning to no one but the speaker."

One story, many heroes

This story from the Military Times showed up on on the Airborne Early Warning Association mail list. It's like something from M*A*S*H

We see the casualty lists, but we don't often get to see the faces that go with the stories.

Fun with blogging!

When I read some of the responses "big" blogs like The Daily Kos get, I think obscurity might not be so bad.

Here's a recent example: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/27/747350/-Saturday-hate-mail-apalooza

Thanks, Andy Borowitz, for helping us see the serious side...

July 3, 2009

Comedians Mourn Palin's Resignation

Candlelight Vigils Held

Moments after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced her resignation from office, comedians from coast to coast held candlelight vigils to mourn what one comic called "a devastating loss."

"To say that we are heartbroken is a massive understatement," said Shecky Sheinbaum, a regular headliner at Cincinnati's Laugh Hut. "I feel like the chicken crossing the road has been run over by a truck before it gets to the other side."

Mr. Sheinbaum echoed the words of many comics when he said "the world of comedy has lost one of its greatest targets."

"We have gone though a rough couple of weeks," he said. "First Michael Jackson, now this."