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December 24, 2002
Al and the Brother Man So Trent Lott has lost his job as senate majority leader over a couple of stupid ambiguous sentences at a birthday party that were taken with great offense by the professional civil rights community. This hardly seems like a fair basis for losing an important job. I know I've said stuff that could be taken far worse. If I thought Trent Lott was anything more than a turd eating vote hustler, I'd probably be pretty cheesed.
Of course he's absolutely not anything more than that, so I'm just happy to see a deserving jerk get knocked down. Similar judgment of his character all around probably goes a long way toward explaining why he had so few defenders, especially among Republicans.
Still as he was being unfairly railroaded over some very minor remarks, I felt some sympathy pangs as he resisted the inevitable. Even if you don't like the guy, it's too bad to see him go down over something this petty.
I was in this frame of mind as I visited the Mercer museum near Pittsburgh. This is a really curious poured concrete castle, apparently designed as both museum and personal home. It has the finest collection of everyday early American artifacts I've seen. Old plows and carriages, whole apotechary shops, vintage blacksmithing equipment. It's a great window.
CLICK HERE for my photo essay as I encountered Brother Man, and made my peace.
