Army Coach Rich Ellerson

“SINCE WE’VE BEEN GETTING OUR BUTTS WHIPPED BY NAVY IN RECENT YEARS, WE FIGURED WE NEEDED HELP FROM SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY KNEW THE ‘X’s AND E’s’ OF FOOTBALL …  BUT ALSO HAD THE FREEDOM TO BREAK ALL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.”

“AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE ‘SHOOTING IN THE HEAD’  BY THE RIGHT GUARD STANDS.”

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Lisa Casey on the Blackwater dream team for 2012.

“BUT WAIT, IF YOU ACT NOW, YOU ALSO GET WRIGLEY FIELD AND THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE FOR JUST TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS AND 99 CENTS.”

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BLAGOWORTHIES:

Chicago’s own Mark Karlin on bad-boy Blagojevich.

Forget Uncle Sam, Blackwater Wants You – at All Hat No Cattle.

The Colbert Report’s Season of Giving, at One Good Move.

Amy Poehler Returns as Hillary Clinton on SNL, via Dan Kurtzman.

“WE’RE ANNOUNCING TODAY THE  COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION TOKYO ROSE.  WE’LL BE PULLING ALL OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, INVADING JAPAN, AND OCCUPYING THEIR AUTOMOBILE PLANTS — WHICH WE’LL RENAME HALLIBURTONISSAN, BLACKWATOYOTA, AND  KELLOGG BROWN HONDA.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

More creative approaches to the bailout at All Hat No Cattle. 

Faith or Doubt — Obama’s Base Second Guessing, by Christine Bowman at BuzzFlash.

Juan Cole on the Joint Experts’ Statement on Iran.

The Daily Show on the Cheney/Gonzalez Indictments, at One Good Move.

Madkane on What Would The Press Do Without Clinton Rumors?