i want to grow up to write like gail collins

maybe this is only hilarious to me because i don't get CNN and was therefore taken by surprise, although I shouldn't have been, at the total absurdity of american politics.  

postscript 

::warning - preachy link ahead::

sooooo sorry.  really.  sorry.  but this is an excellent article by thomas friedman about the international political impact of reducing your oil consumption.  read it.  and if anyone's planning a sit-in at the vta to protest the deplorable state of public transportation in santa clara, call me.  i'll kayak over.  

sorry.