foray into politics

i guess you'll never be able to take the tongue-in-cheek political analyst out of me.

i found this article on the Discovery Channel website today. basically a discussion of how ancestry.com has recently digitized all of our census records from 1790 to 1930 (excluding 1890 b/c this was burned in a fire. no information can be released from 1930 on as that information is protected under privacy law). for anyone out there interested in geneological studies, a simple search of someone's name now also brings up all their census info. pretty damned cool if you ask me.

in doing this research, however, it was found that President Bush and VP Cheney are in fact distantly related... ... ... ...

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... ... ... ...and after living with this administration since January of 2001, we're supposed to be surprised that this country is run by West Virginiaesque administration?? i think not.

the article also explained that Lee Marvin was related to Robert E. Lee. makes sense, b/c Lee Marvin is a total badass! haha. Tom Hanks is related to President Lincoln, which is pretty bitchin' because I too am related to Lincoln. not too shabby for me :).

but in all seriousness, they say that geneticaly speaking the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. the US has rules that keep people from the same state from running on the same Presidential/VP ticket. we probably should petition Congress to push for a Constitutional amendment requiring a background check into genetics to ensure we're not just keeping politics in the family... well, any more so than the Bush's already have...