Our best hope in the Clone Wars showed up on CNN to disown his potential constituents:

Utah Republican Mike Lee said Friday that he favors changing the way senators are elected, even as he seeks his own seat in that body.

Speaking on CNN’s John King, USA, Lee said that the 17th Amendment was a mistake, and that while he wouldn’t focus on repealing it, he does “think that we lost something when we adopted it.”

The 17th Amendment established the direct election of senators by the popular vote. Senators had previously been elected by state legislatures.

We thought we were done with this issue after Glenn Beck helpfully explained that you could use one of those rare 1913 wall phones to call your local politico about your senator, who would pass along your complaints to other politicos at the statehouse, who would then laugh in your face exercise their solemn constitutional reponsibility to put a different crook in office recall your senator from D.C. for a severe tongue-lashing.

But no, it’s not going away. Which raises the question: Where the hell did it come from?

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Title: “Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality”

Author: Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá

Rank: 32

Blurb: “Since Darwin’s day, we’ve been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species… Weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality, the authors show how far from human nature monogamy really is.”

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Won’t you join Mr. Dipshit Republican Asshole, Dr. Ewemustah Beshittinme, Mrs. Hillbilly Douchebag, Führer Adolf Hitler, Dr. Doo Little, Jesus Christ, and Mr. Osama Bin Laden in signing the petition to draft Sarah Palin as chair of the Republican Narional Committee? We can think of nobody else who could improve upon the joy that Michael Steele has brought into our lives.

Draft Sarah for RNC Chair

“More than one in seven homeowners with loans in excess of a million dollars are seriously delinquent… By contrast, homeowners with less lavish housing are much more likely to keep writing checks to their lender.” [NYT]

We really don’t care where LeBron James went, or what means he used to announce his decision.

On the other hand, the means — and font — used by his former employer to bitch about him merits notice.

Open Letter to Fans from Cavaliers Majority Owner Dan Gilbert [NBA]

“Obviously, it was what I thought was a sporty outfit,” Mr. Schock said of his picnic attire. “It was probably a little too bright, in retrospect.” Still unexplained: Aaron’s iPod. [NYT/The Stranger, via Sully]

• Fuck their cousins.
• Leave behind piles of shit.
• Known as “sows”.

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