Chicago Bureau is miffed because Sanjay Gupta could become Surgeon General.  But if you add just one little letter to that nightmare, it becomes clear that our very civilization is at risk:

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Guess who’s getting a Medal of Freedom?

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will receive the highest civilian award in the US – the Presidential Medal of Freedom – next week.

In his last week in office, President Bush will award the medal to Mr Blair, former Australian PM John Howard and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

All three leaders had been “staunch allies” of the US, particularly against terrorism, said the White House.

I am enraged.  And he has 2 more weeks to keep doing this shit.  The Dear Leader has made everything in this country valueless. 

Blair to Get US Medal of Freedom [BBC]

Remember Bill Frist?  Senate Majority Leader back when the GOP was busily destroying two or three countries (including this one)? Remember when he wrongly diagnosed Terri Schiavo from a video?  Remember when he fucked over Trent Lott?  Well he’s decided not to fuck over the people of Tennessee – at least not yet:

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced Sunday that he will not run for governor of Tennessee in 2010.

“After significant reflection and conversation with loved ones, I have decided to remain a private citizen for the foreseeable future,” Frist said in a statement.

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First Andrew Lloyd Webber says he’ll drop a steaming pile of shit on my city, so guess who decides to stink out the joint even worse:

She’s had her fair share of drama… and now super-diva Mariah Carey’s extraordinary life is to be turned into a Broadway musical.

We can reveal that the biggest-selling female artist of all time has  agreed to let her astonishing story be told on stage. 

What did we do to deserve this?

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The evidence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMbd-3z3xcQ

I’ll admit – I was on the “Go 4 It” bandwagon. I pre-ordered a Favre jersey. But now the pain must stop.  Even the worst sportswriter in the world (in one of the worst sentences ever constructed) shows he understands this:

As the [Woody Johnson] World Turns, and stomachs of the Jets New York Jets ‘ long-suffering fans turn along with it as they brace for the arrival of a new coach and possible return of an old quarterback, the prospects for a Happy New Year hinge too heavily on the fragile 39-year-old hinge that belongs to Brett Favre.

Somewhere in that twisted, smoking mass of words is the right idea – it’s time for Brett to head back Mississippi. Or wherever he came from.

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First it was 9/11.  Then Mayor Bloomberg brought us the 2004 Republican National Convention.  And now, as if we haven’t been punished enough:

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He’s never going to go away:

Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.

The action comes despite warnings by Democratic Senate leaders that they would not seat anyone appointed by the disgraced governor who faces criminal charges of trying to sell the post, sources familiar with the decision said.

I am so tired of this guy.

Burris is third from the right, BTW.

Blogojevich to Name Burris to Senate [Chicago Breaking News]