Giuliani bribed by Yankees?

Rudy's got some splainin to do. Exactly how did he get FOUR World Series rings from the Yankees when city officials are barred from accepting gifts worth more than $50 from anyone doing business with the city?

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0719,barrett,76566,2.html

Approximate worth of the 4 rings? $200,000

How about a new line for that LOTR poem?

Four rings for Republicans in their scandals shining
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne

That's as good as I've been able to come up with in about 10 minutes or so. Any other suggestions?

Romney vs the French

Willard (Mitt) Romney visits Regents U, provider of devout, unindicted co-conspirators to the US government since 2001. When you're visiting Pat Robertson U, it's apparently the tradition to say something crazy - it make Pat feel less lonely.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/05/AR2007050501081.html

What was Romney's contribution? He claimed that, "In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past.". This is not unexpected; a Romney campaign document leaked several months ago did indicate he planned to run against the French as well as his fellow presidential candidates.*

Some have claimed Romney mistook an Orson Scott Card novel for reality, but it seems much more likely that this is Mitt's kooky attempt to bash two favorite Rethuglican targets with one smear. He's most likely referring to the PACS or pacte civil de solidarité - France's solution to the gay marriage question.

More on the PACS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacte_civil_de_solidarit%C3%A9

Willard, it need hardly be said, is quite wrong about this arrangement being common.

*No, I am not making this up.