I guess by now everybody’s heard about Virginia’s AG – Ken Cuckoonelli – deciding the State Seal was too racy because one of the goddess of virtue’s boobs is “exposed,” and handing out lapel pins to his staff featuring a cleaned-up version. What is is with right-wingers and boobs, anyway? I mean, I consider myself a fairly representative member of the straight male population, and I’ve always kind of liked boobs. I don’t have the same obsession with them that some guys do, I really don’t like the fake ones (they remind me of my sister’s Barbie dolls and – with all due respect to Barbie – fake plastic bumps just don’t do it for me), and I’m not especially partial to the Dolly Parton look, but, all-in-all, it’s pretty rare that I say to myself, “good god, cover those things up.” Even more strange is the fact that the VA seal is a cartoon, and even at that, it’s not a particularly salacious, graphic, or erotic cartoon (I mean, Peter Griffin has bigger boobs). They make the Spirit of Justice’s boob that had John Ashcroft all hot and bothered look like a porn star.

Maybe Cuckoonelli ought to be more worried about kids killing other kids at the University of Virginia, and less worried about cartoon boobs.

Speaking of killing college kids, it was 40 years ago today that the Ohio National Guard decided to open fire on a bunch of college kids at Kent State. I was only about 9 years old, and it’s hard for me to tell if I really remember it when it happened or not. I mean, I feel as if I remember it, ‘cuz it’s become such a big part of the history of the Vietnam War era, but who really knows. I’m sure it didn’t have the impact on me that it would if it had happened when I was college age. Hard to believe it’s been so long (actually, the hard part is believing that I’ve gotten so damn old).

Looks like they caught the Times Square SUV bomber, and he appears to be an American of Pakistani descent. I have to confess, I was rather hoping it would turn out to be a teabagger. Good thing he wasn’t much of a bomb maker.

Oh well, thanks to the web host having database issues again, I didn’t have much time this morning, so I guess I better get going. It’s finally podiatrist day.