Librarian's Rant

My Youth Librarian just stuck her head in my office door and said, "If you're on the computer, you're not allowed to have a live iguana beside you, are you?"

Well. That's a new one in my almost 11 years here.

We don't have a "no iguanas" policy exactly--I suppose I'll need to write one up now--but I made an executive decision and said, "No. No iguanas."

Tensions between Ralph Nader and the Congressional Black Caucus flared again yesterday, after a letter from the independent presidential candidate to the caucus chairman, Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), demanded an apology for an “obscene racial epitaph� at a tense meeting last month.

Black lawmakers reacted to Nader’s letter with a combination of anger and disdain, questioning his mental health and accusing him of acute and advanced egomania.

“He ain’t playing with a full deck,� said Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), a member of the caucus and vice chairman of the Democratic caucus.

...“We were particularly offended by Nader’s exhibitionism, his selfishness and egotism,� Wynn added.

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said, “If he didn’t understand what the meeting was about, not only is he an egotistical maniac, he’s dumber than I thought he was.�