“There is a lot of violence in here”

The New York Times likes to run this silly article every few years. Did you know that politicians live in Washington? And that some of them live together? If the answer isn't yes, then read the article. For me, the answer was yes, but I'm not going to say the Paper of Record doesn't have anything to teach me. Previous instances of the Times' obession were a little more harmless. Mostly, that men, living with other men, are messy. But this time, it slips out that the Democratic delegation to Congress is awfully sadistic.

For instance, "...it overlooks Mr. Durbin’s gift for killing rats. 'He will kill them with his bare hands,' Mr. Delahunt marveled." Why would you kill rats with your bare hands? Why would you pick up a live rat? Why not just let the rat trap get it? And once you've got the live rat, why kill it? I know rats are vermin, but you have to be a special kind of person to kill something you're holding. I figure Richard Dubin takes relish in killing things.

It goes on to imply that these honorable representatives and Senators kill crickets. Who ever heard of killing crickets? Did they get loose from someone's iguana terrarium? I think that our members of congress are probably running an insect fighting ring out of their apartment.