Remember when I was all, "oooh, someone who works for Senator Saxby Chambliss is gonna get fired" for leaving blog comments that say "all faggots must die"? Well that someone got fired. October 1, 2010: The Day There Was No More Homophobia Ever. Ha, kidding. Oddly, the name of the now-unemployed person who thinks faggots must die was not released, but it'll be out soon enough I'm sure.
Jeff Flake [R, Arizona] went for a week to a deserted island because he was feeling like a "pansy" in modern society, what with the plumbing and cars and real life all around him. "Congressman Flake didn't realize that that word can have a negative connotation. He simply meant 'wimpy.' He apologizes if anyone took offense to it." -Jeff Flake's spokesperson.
As in great works of literature, the narrative arc of judicial opinions is often apparent in the first line. Consider this opener from a recent California appeals court case: "A 15-year old high school student was pursuing a career in entertainment and maintained a Web site for that purpose." If I tell you that said website was comment-enabled, I probably don't need to add that this kid's electronic ode to himself became a repository of homophobic juvenalia within hours of its discovery by his classmates.
