Mr. Burris Goes to Washington

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"THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE turned Burris away. Chris Cillizza is on TV saying, 'Everything in the Senate is like high school.' No kidding."
Firedoglake.com agrees with the Washington Post reporter and is a bit fed up with the situation of Roland Burris, above, who was not seated in the U.S. Senate Tuesday.

» "DEAR METROBUS: why are you always late when I'm on time? Why are you always on time when I'm late? Why can't you ever stop in front of me?"
WTFmetro.com has some self-centeredness issues surrounding the bus system, adding, "Why do other riders seem to rely on me to pull the cord?"

» "THERE'S A NEW LIST ranking the best and worst jobs in the United States. The worst five? From No. 196, EMT, seaman, taxi driver, dairy farmer and lumberjack. Boy, Michael Palin will be pissed."
Kstreetblues.blogspot.com thinks the ex-"Monty Python" star would not be happy with the Wall Street Journal's new "best and worst" list.

» "I PLAN TO READ more actual books this year, as opposed to reading Web pages. This comes from my visit to Strand Bookstore in New York City. I discovered that it will sell books by the foot. Did you hear that? Books by the foot! The intention is to create instant libraries."
Decorateyourspace.net figured out how to kill two birds with one stone by buying books en masse.

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