January 17, 2008

Squirrelly Politicians

Maybe I read too many blogs, but when I saw News That Stays News at Unqualified Offerings reporting,

Dr. Eric Weisman, a behavioral neurologist who practices in rural western Kentucky, reported in the distinguished British medical journal The Lancet that he has treated 11 people for Creutzfeldt-Jakob in four years, and all had eaten squirrel brains at some time.

… it triggered an instant association: I immediately thought of a recent Talking Points Memo item pointing to this video in which former Gov. Huckabee explained that while in college he used to use a popcorn popper to cook squirrels:

…only to find as I kept reading that The Poor Man thought of the connection first.


Posted by Michael : January 17, 2008 09:16 PM | Politics: US: 2008 Elections | TechnoLinks
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