As many New Yorkers suspected, it turns out that “Democratic” candidate for Governor, Andy Cuomo, is a Koch sucker. David Koch, that is. Yes, the man who founded and funds the teabaggers, and is also the founder of the wingnut group “Americans for Prosperity” (which, among other things, “trains” teabaggers on how to be ignorant, uninformed, and obnoxious) donated $50,000 to Andy’s election campaign. Andrew, being the whore he is, gladly accepted. At least I’ll be able to say “don’t blame me – I voted for Howie.”

Speaking of voting, today is the last day to register and be eligible to vote in the November election here in NY (or at least in the county where I live). Since a closing date is not yet in sight, I guess that means I’ll be voting one more time where I live now.

My polling place is at an old elementary school that was turned into a Jewish Community Center (fun fact: the actual voting takes place in the “Schayes Family” gym, the money for which was donated by Dolph Schayes who may possibly be the greatest Jewish basketball player of all time – in fact, he was voted one of the top 50 NBA players – Jew, Shiksa, or Schwartze – of all time; and, yes, a Jew named Adolph is, indeed, somewhat ironic). And for those of you who remember Dolph’s playing days, may I congratulate you on still being alive.

I mention this because, when I voted in the primary, I happened to notice that the Center was flying the Israeli flag.

Now, far be it for me to give a shit, but imagine if this had been at a (gasp!) Islamic Community Center, and they were flying an Iraqi flag or something? Oh, the outrage! Not that we’re at ground zero, but we do have a 9/11 Memorial less than a mile and a half away that features a twisted, 100% certified World Trade Center I-beam, so I’m pretty sure that qualifies it as sacred ground.

On a side note, this is my favorite story on the former Burlington Coat Factory “Terror Mosque.” Not because of the story content, but because it’s quite prominently labeled as being written by Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, whose name evokes rather disturbing images of Michael Richardson and that bubble-headed chick from the comics caught in an intimate moment.

Did you know that in Nazi Germany, you could be thrown in prison for refusing to recite the oath of allegiance to the Nazi flag? I’m not sure that’s actually true, but it certainly has an air of truthiness about it.

In Tuplelo Mississippi, however, it’s more then truthy – it’s true, and it happened to attorney Danny Lampley in a Mississippi courtroom.

When a Mississippi judge entered a courtroom and asked everyone to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, an attorney with a reputation for fighting free speech battles stayed silent as everyone else recited the patriotic oath. The lawyer was jailed.

Attorney Danny Lampley spent about five hours behind bars Wednesday before Judge Talmadge Littlejohn set him free so that the lawyer could work on another case. Lampley told The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal he respected the judge but wasn’t going to back down.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: how could a thing like this happen in Mississippi, of all places (personally, I think the judge was trying to over-compensate for his last name)? I mean, not only is it (probably) a bastion of teabaggers and free-thinkers (or is that being redundant), it’s the most fun-to-spell state in the Union. I, for one, am shocked. Shocked, I say!

A bit of sad news (assuming the pummeling of the Constitution isn’t sad enough). For a host of reasons, mostly related to not wanting to deal with the hassle any more, I decided to pull the plug on Sedition Radio last night. The MS archives are still there, but that’s about it. With it being nearly five years since the last MS show aired, I guess it was just time to move on.

Speaking of moving on, it’s time to get out there and get this week over with. It’s supposed to be a beautiful day today, which won’t do me much good, since I’ll be stuck at work. The big question is whether or not to make it a three-day weekend (Monday is Columbus Day, doncha know?), and right now I’m leaning toward “yes.”

We’ll see how I feel over the weekend.

As for now, though, I’ve gotta go start my day by pledging fealty to a piece of cloth.