Border War Breaks Out in the US House.

As you may have noticed, this blog is (generally) refreshingly apolitical. Except of course in our conviction that Auburn fans are, by and large, shiftless communists suckling at the hind teat of public education. Other than that, we're spin-free baby.

But the world of college football is not always such a neutral place. The bitter rancor of pigskin politics spilled over onto the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday as Georgia Representative Jack Kingston became the lone dissenter on a Resolution honoring the Florida Gators for their National Championship Game spanking of the Ohio State Buckeyes. (HT: In The Bleachers).

Usually such Resolutions are approved as a matter of course and courtesy. Kingston however, in a fit of homestate pride, did what the denizens of Georgia's First District would have wanted him to do: give the Gators the metaphorical finger. Orson Swindle thinks Jack has male genitalia protruding from his neck. I think the fact that this is even a news item points to what a joke Congress can be sometimes. The Resolution passed, Georgia fans got a laugh, life goes on.

The real issue here is why some of our Representatives voted for it. This blog originates from the 8th District, home of Democrat Jim Marshall, a friend of gun owners and a member of the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame, but not evidently a Bulldog fan, as he voted for the Resolution. Nathan Deal, from the Ninth District gets credit for not even showing up. Kingston by the way will probably get more publicity out of this than he has for any of his other exploits in Congress. Which is both funny and pathetic.

I'd trade Orson three bags of Vidalia Onions, a peach cobbler and Julia Roberts for that crystal football. He can keep the overrated quarterback.