Two More Baseless Rumors

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ALC
...And in Berks County, PA last month, Judge Jeffrey K. Sprecher dismissed criminal charges against a man accused of buying beer for his underage neighbor. Charges were dismissed, ruled the judge, because the prosecutor had not proven all elements of the crime. More specifically: there was nothing in evidence to suggest that Miller Genuine Draft could rightfully be called "beer."

POL
...And in politics, Rep. Tom DeLay, as you know, has stepped down ("temporarily") as House Majority Leader, given his indictment by a Texas grand jury. DeLay maintained his infamous calm demeanor, calling the proceeding one of the worst injustices in American history and accusing the prosecutor of being a filthy partisan hack -- not, as many have pointed out, that DeLay would know. (As for the injustice part, it seems if Texas goes to the trouble of tracking you down and bringing you in, you're pretty much guilty as sin. Or black.)

One disturbing trend: I'm in a hurry at the moment, and have Googled several combos of the story, looking for DeLay's exact quote; only blogs and months-old unrelated news items come up. In fact, like any good American, I heard about the story on the day in question as I strolled into my corner internet coffee shop, and passed a newspaper stand with DeLay plastered above the fold. Sure enough, I went to CNN.com, and there was ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION of the story anywhere.

Good work, people. Smoke if you got 'em.

Still, even for jaded old me, it's hard to squelch a smile. You know -- the one that accompanies the thought: "We got the bastard."

MR

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