Saturday, November 26, 2005

Kinky politics in Texas

Texan Kinky Friedman, author of "Texas Hold 'Em," is running for governor. Given the successes of Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Kinkster figures he could be a governor, too; since governors don't do any "heavy lifting," he could do "some spiritual lifting," perhaps referring to his vow "to fight the wussification" of Texas. Apart from arguing for know-nothings in politics, Friedman supplies his readers with a great number of lists: Texas cheerleaders, Texas inventions, Texas oddities, Texas prison slang, etc. He even tries his hand at a bit of pop sociology, pondering the number of former Eagle Scouts on Texas's death row: He says, "Texas is number one in executions and number 50 in education... Dr. Phil might ask, 'How's that working for ya?'"

An an even lighter note...
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