“…As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire…”
—Rudyard Kipling
Horsefeathers spent an enjoyable few hours yesterday and today, watching the real ‘Entertainment Network’—C-Span, where the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, a veritable ship of burnt fools, questioned Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel Alito. We marveled at his ability to refrain from laughing aloud during the endless speechifying lectures, disguised as questions, from those paragons of virtue, Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy. Perhaps the glasses of liquid he occasionally sipped contained shots of Gentleman Jack, but we suspect the good Judge possesses great reservoirs of self- restraint. Senator Kennedy was especially choice, as he displayed his concern for the helpless, by deploring “Strip search Sam” for a ruling that allowed cops to search a 10 yr. old child of drug dealers. Gee whiz, you might have thought the Judge had endorsed sexual abuse of girls. Oh, sorry, that’s exactly what the moral exemplar from Massachusetts was hoping you’d think. Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.