Re Anthony Weiner's misdeeds.

As I write this post, it looks as if Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) may be getting the final shove off the cliff of resignation: there are revelations that Weiner chatted online with a 17-year-old female (junior in high school, to be exact).  And, given Weiner's previous lie-and-stonewall regarding his other cyber-and-phone activities, one hopes this time we can take at face value his statement that nothing inappropriate occurred between him and the teenage girl..

Of course, this news was first ejaculated (sorry) onto FoxNews.com before I read it on AOL/Huffington Post.

Personally, I'd only want to see Weiner resign if his sexual behavior was on government time instead of in the confined space of his own home.  It would be a good idea for Weiner to aim for keeping his House seat by getting some sex addiction-and-marriage counseling--taking a leave of absence for awhile.

But, given Weiner's Spitzer-esque penchant for making enemies (with the right, and presumably, the Obama "center"), plus his stupidity and recklessness, plus the kind of sneering, self-and-business-serving behavior from Andrew Breitbart (a lot easier for me to dislike than, say, Kenneth Starr, who seemed more sincere in his righteousness or self-righteousness), it's safe to guess that some kind of exit strategy will be devised long before a Nancy Pelosi-led investigation.

[UPDATE: Weiner's opting for treatment http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/11/anthony-weiner-treatment_n_875422.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%7C70084]

In the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' tragic shooting.

As the cable news media speculate and rush to premature judging and declare Gabrielle Giffords prematurely dead before saying, oops sorry, she's alive and in critical condition etc....as they struggle to fill airtime, here are a couple of links worth reading:
Gary Hart on the gun metaphors used by some on the right--
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/words-have-consequences_b_806250.html
Dan Gillmor's article "Take A Slow News Approach" from Salon.com--
http://www.salon.com/news/media_criticism/index.html?story=/tech/dan_gillmor/2011/01/08/arizona_shootings_slow_news