I’m not breaking any news here, but I just thought it was time to add a couple of thousand words to the race for the 8th Congressional District of California:

VS.

Enough said.

For all of you who have been faithful readers of this blog since its debut, you will undoubtedly remember my annual “Snarky Award”. This highly coveted acknowledgment of a writer’s skill in the use of wit, sarcasm, and current events is once again due for presentation. Just yesterday, I found this year’s hands-down winner from a blog called, “Books. Bikes. Broomsticks.”

Okay, so, Russian tanks have rolled into Georgia; Russki fighter bombers are swooping around, bombing the crap out of stuff. What does our intrepid journalist write?

News reports documented fierce clashes between Georgian and Russian forces — engagements that caused deaths, property damage, and population displacement…

No! Really?!? Not property damage! Quick! Call State Farm! I swear, what are they teaching at journalism school these days?

This clown could have muffed D-Day:

“Allied and German forces clashed along the beaches of Normandy today, snarling traffic, damaging vacation cottages, and killing some people. Also, a woman reported having her hair mussed by a 14″ shell from the USS Texas.”

This is a military invasion, for chrissakes, not a tornado in a traffic jam.