Secret's Out

According to this NPR story, it's been proposed that the person behind WikiLeaks may have carried confidential information out on a CD labeled as a Lady Gaga album.

One can only assume that if anyone saw him, the conversation went something like this:
Observer: "Hey, what's that?"
WikiLeaker: "Oh, just a Lady Gaga CD."
Observer: "Uh, right. I'm not asking, and you're not telling."

Electioneering

It's interesting to step back for a minute and think about what holding a government position actually is -- a job.

Which makes campaign season feel like a really strange job interview process.

Particularly this campaign season all we've heard is, "Government is broken" ; "We need less government." Can you imagine applying for any other job in that way? Like, "This company is broken. We need less of this company... Also, I'd like to work at this company... Here's my resume. As you can see, I'm completely unqualified. I have absolutely none of the skills required to work at this company. Which means I'm the only one who can turn this company around!"

Saying something like, "you've got to be an idiot to get into politics" used to be hyperbole. Now it seems it's an actual requirement.