Congrats, Jetstream

I would be remiss indeed if I didn't congratulate fellow Chicagoan Jesse Jackson on once again finding his way into the news. For those of us who have seen his odious influence-peddling and blackmail techniques up close, we really aren't surprised, but it's interesting to see the rest of the country start to wake up (after only 40 years!) and get a glimpse of the true nature of this petty, egomaniacal self-aggrandizer. (For a particularly pointed account of the Reverend and the media's love affair with him, see this column from the Chicago Daily Observer.)