In an earlier report Brendan brought you This Land. Then we learned that Ludlow Music was going to sue. But in a surprising turn of events, JibJab went to court first. While Ludlow’s case is likely without merit, what say you on the issue of preemptive law suits? If memory serves it would seem JibJab is likely to get told to take a hike based on ripeness.

Last time Brendan was in the DC area, he was summarily yelled at by a Metro official for the serious crime of sitting down. This is, of course, nothing compared to being arrested for eating a candy bar. (Which I thought Brendan might find amusing.) Our local news updated the story to mention that Metro is considering being less severe with its no food or drink policy to avoid negative publicity. The next story was about Virginia becoming a battleground state. Is there a connection between overaggressive law enforcement and the possibility that the Old Dominion could go Democrat for the first time since LBJ? Or, does this just have to do with the DNC convention that just ended? We make glib remarks, you decide.

In a gross miscalculation, Brendan has handed over the keys to the kingdom—to a brigand of wild literary stylists from the comment board no less. (By “literary stylists,” I mean those who tend not to fall into traps like “standardized spelling” & “ standardized grammar.”) With just the barest of “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” speeches, he has let us loose on the great blogging world—to wreak unabashed silliness, tongue-in-cheek commentary, wild banter and utter havoc upon the world that has come to expect actual journalism from this fine bedrock establishment of navel gazing!

As the Washington D.C. area correspondent, I assure you that I will not take my mission to talk about important local affairs seriously. In fact, so committed to this charge am I that I shall strive to take nothing upon which I post too seriously. Of course, such a charge would be difficult to carry out if not for one simple fact; I rarely take much of anything too seriously. Because Brendan is going out of town for a while, I shall strive to cover more comic elements while leaving the more touchy subjects to those more interested in starting flame wars. And now, there shall be more after the break… [The preceding has been approved for all audiences. The proceeding has been rated PG by me]

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