Current Events: The CO Supreme Court overruled a mid-decade redistricting plan, which is discussed by a story and a blog which I post/link here. Of special note, is a article by Jeffrey Toobin mentioned in Rick Hasan's blog concerning how gerrymandering is threatening democracy. Sen. Daschle was on Booknotes last night; for a transcript, see here. Sen. Clinton went over to Iraq for a quick fact finding mission, which I discuss here and here. I also caught some of her remarks on C-SPAN; she is starting to grow on me.

As to the Boondocks strips involving dirty laundry on the dining room table ... I was notified that this was a reference to exposing "dirty laundry" in public. If he is correct on this (his knowledge of black culture and overall good judgment makes me respect his opinion), my take is that it is a reference to his criticism of Condi Rice (the plan now is to get her a boyfriend so that she will soften up); it might even be that the fact it was the youngest boy's underwear is a reference to the cartoonist's youth. Perhaps, he was criticized by his "elders" for airing out the dispute among the black community concerning Dr. Rice, especially in such a "disgusting" way. Pretty neat metaphor, huh?

Football: Well, it seems that the NY Giants will have a new coach. This has been the talk for weeks, but after the embarrassing loss against the Bills, it seems to be almost certain now. The pathetic style of play can be compared to the efforts of two other games. A late turnover doomed them, but San Diego had a respectable game against Kansas City (11-1, compared to Buffalo's 5-7), the game ending with a touchdown (Doug Flutie had an expression on his face like "yeah, yippee") ... 28-24. The Jaguars (3-9) beat Tampa Bay, managing to do two things the Giants did not: avoid embarrassing themselves in front of a national audience and beat a basically bad team. This involved such hard things like having a defense, avoiding too many costly mistakes, and showing some life on a consistent basis.