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Anthony Weiner, The End in a Nutshell

Anthony Weiner
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Anthony Weiner finally did the right thing.  In what sounded like a speech for re-erecting his career, he resigned.  CNN has gone nuts over this story and reported on his press conference (Weiner Roast?)  They sum up the entire sordid tale in a nutshell (aka Boxer shorts).  It appears at this point that he will spend no time in a penal institution, so no rock pounding.

All kidding aside, he is doing the right thing by quitting.  His credibility is effectively gone.

.http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/16/weiner.scandal/

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Every boys dream Super Bowl halftime show.  What could possibly go wrong.  Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake created major controversy and headlines in 2004.  The “accident” generated over a half million complaints to the FCC in the USA and caused the FCC to change their maximum fine from $27,500 to $325,000 per incident.  this resulted in a $550,000 fine to CBS.

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The Gates – The Lingo of Scandals

By now, most Canadians have heard of “Mastergate”, the newest entry into pop lingo.  If you are unaware of this, Canada is having an election and this story was released about one of the contenders for our Prime Minister.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/04/29/layton-found-in-toronto-bawdy-house-former-cop

I won’t dwell on this, but needless to say, the gate linguists came up with a beauty, dubbing it Mastergate.

Over the next few weeks, I will be posting a different Gate with some background information and links.  Some will be fictional, as in The Simpsons episode that featured Waitergate, but most will be real, and hopefully all will be witty.  Feel free to post any witticisms you can add to the story.