Look, I am a goddamn vegetarian. My relationship with my cats is considered – at the very least – to be unholy by most normal people (if it came down to your life or the life of Mister Winters, you’d be in some serious trouble).

So I am that animal-loving, vegan faux-leather wallet carrying left winger you’ve been hearing about.

That said, the coverage of the Cheney hunting accident has been beyond absurd and provides a perfect example of why so many people hate politics, the media and political media.

Is it my imagination, or is the media being more hard-hitting and aggressive about this story than they were in the lead-up to the war?

The public’s right to immediately know about a private incident between the Veep and friend? The controversy over whether the Veep had all the right licenses? Please.

All we need now is to find out that Mike Brown was the guy who loaded the friggin gun.

I’m bored. When’s Michael Jackson coming home…..

It’s been about 48 hours since Dick Cheney shot his hunting partner Harry Whittington.

So far, no WMD’s have been found in the hunting gear that Harry was wearing that day.

Experts are exploring whether or not Harry might have sent his other hunting outfit to the dry cleaners in Syria or Iran.

Out of nowhere, President Bush described the details of an Al Qaeda 2002 plot that was foiled by an arrest of a key player in South East Asia.

Why did Bush choose today to share these details (the Mayor of L.A. had absolutely no clue Bush planned to make the statement about the terror attempt)?

I’m not sure, but it sure seems weird that this positive story was shared with the public just before we’d learn that Libby was authorized by his superiors, a former CIA Offiicial (who happened to coordinate intelligence on the Middle East) has accused the Bush team of ignoring intelligence warnings on the road to the war in Iraq, and that White House was even aware of the New Orleans levee failure well before they’ve admitted in the past.

Shawn Lea came up with a fun Searchroll at Rollyo that challenges you to Name That Poem. It was cool enough to be among the top searchrolls created in our first StarSearchroll Contest.

Want Fries with Fat?

It turns out that McDonald’s fries have even more trans fats than previosly reported by the company.

Funny, whenever I eat a few orders of them, I feel great, light and fresh.

Has it ever occurred to anyone that the now departed from ABC Al Michaels (as good as he is at some things) might have been the problem with Monday Night Football?

Just a thought.

I think Michaels is a great broadcaster, but I don’t look forward to hearing him on MNF. He just doesn’t seem right to me and he never has. Like most hardcore football fans, I can barely take Madden. But he was never so bad as he was paired with Michaels. And I thought Dan Fouts was brutal. But it turns out he’s pretty damn good paired with Keith Jackson covering the college games.

Now Michaels is gone. Congrats to Mike Tirico who will get the gig. But it’s too bad they didn’t just give it to Mike Patrick who has been calling ESPN games for the past several years. In fact, too bad they didn’t just keep that Sunday night crew together, move them to Monday nights and keep it all on the network.