While the blogosphere engages in yet another pissing match, this time over whether or not Obama’s "stupid" comment was stupid or not, there is good news on the horizon – for those of you who still enjoy that sort of thing.  [if I didn’t read it, it didn’t happen…]

Dear Chairman Steele, For $20,000 you can buy the damn plane. [Steele charters plane for nearly $20K] Hugs, Reality

Michael Vick celebrates [Virginia Beach ] Real World DC [getting real ] Longest Rally [volleyball ] Pimm’s Cup [Old School ]

We all have different priorities: @allenfuller President gives a prime time speech and the top trending topic on Twitter is "Taco Bell Chihuahua." Welcome to governing. And just who in their right mind would Twitter about something like that and not listen to the President? @THE_REAL_SHAQ Rip taco bell dog, …

The WaPo’s Robert McCartney recently looked at how the recent Supreme Court ruling might affect court cases in Fairfax County, Virginia, writing that it will create a lot costly changes with little practical benefit, put a heavier burden on the state forensic lab and give defense attorneys a new weapon. …

Who says online poker is bad for your health? The Poker Player’s Alliance [PPA ] has been all over the place as of late – in an attempt to prove that having a little online gambling problem can prove useful for the rest of the country. The PPA recently presented …

Minutes after announcing a budget deal and billions of dollars in program cuts, CA Governor Schwarzenegger sent out a ridiculously strange knife-wielding tweet. The official response: "I don’t know why he is holding a knife" — CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) spokesperson h/t Last Call via KABC UPDATE: That’s not …

Good artists create, great artists steal, right?  [mirror image] Castellanos, a consultant to the Republican National Committee, offered poll-tested language that the party could use to kill President Obama’s health-care legislation in Congress. "If we slow this sausage-making process down, we can defeat it," he reasoned. RNC Chairman Michael Steele …

Facebook Status Awesomeness: Erin Andrews inspired me to sweep my office for peephole cameras before doing my hair in the nude just now. This needs no further commentary. [contact-form 3 "Facebook Alerts"]

We know a few members of Congress that could benefit from this kind of iPhone application.  [drinking and driving]

This was uttered during morning commute hours: Woman to a group of singing middle school-aged kids she was chaperoning: "Shh. It’s early and these people are going work so they’re all angry." h/t eavesdropdc

Ok, seriously, can it get any worse for the Nats? First you lose your manager mid-season, then the world notices that, a week after the All Star break, you’re officially on pace (66) to lose more games this year than the ’62 Mets (120). And now your hometown newspaper runs …

Sometimes you have to call it how you see it… [Rep. Michele] Bachmann appeared in the chamber sporting a sleeveless top with bold trim along the neckline, which, in the buttoned-up world of Congress, would be noteworthy enough. But here’s the eyebrow-raising part: The top appeared to be the exact …

Apparently the only thing falling apart faster than heath care is Metro. [typical] “The train control system designed to prevent Metro crashes is malfunctioning across the railroad, suggesting that a technological failure at the heart of last month’s fatal crash may be widespread, according to officials and documents. “At least …

"I think I have the perfect antidote, Mr. Chairman, to teenage pregnancy. Require every teenager to sit through one of these markups. If that doesn’t put you in a nonsexual, noninteractive mood, nothing will" — Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), apparently turned off by health care debate. [Yeas & Nays] h/t …