* Heard on the Hill: Former Jack Kingston spokesman starts media consulting firm, argues that politicians need to be more like Kid Rock… Anonymous wag sends out email from the made-up “House Select Committee on Global Warming, Energy & Happy Feet.” [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: There will be lots of political celebrities in Nancy Pelosi’s box tonight. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: New Rep. Paul Hodes is a kids band with his wife Peggo. The band is called “Peggosus.” … Here comes Henry Waxman’s kid to be a DC lobbyist! [Examiner]
* Under the Dome: Drudge overwhelms Senate website… Jon Tester tries to quiet the Senate, shouts “Have order in the House.” … Rep. Don Young: “”I am wearing this red shirt today; it’s the color of the bill that we are debating, communist red.” [The Hill]
* Shenanigans: Dem strategist Jack Quinn suffered a concussion after a skiing accident… Rep. Virginia Foxx sponsored a bill honoring Christmas tree sellers, owns a Christmas tree nursery. [The Politico]

It was just another pointless roll-call vote to commemorate some national trivia — in this case, “commending the University of Florida Gators for their victory in the 2006 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and for winning the national college football championship.” MORE »

* Adrian Fenty turns 36, celebrates by baking weed brownies and seeing The Fountain. [DCist]
* We agree, Rep. Kingston, spending time here eats away at families, libido, syntax. [Alligators on a Party Barge]
* Hot 99.5FM morning show needs a sidekick for DJ Kane. This is a dream job. Send Kane your craziest clip, but try hard because he’s from Florida. [Hot 99.5]
* Bloggers describing their breasts as spectacular. Score another one for citizen media! [Yeah, so I'm...]
* Just what Capitol Hill needs, now that Foley is gone. [Barzelay]

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• Heard on the Hill: Former Jack Kingston flack turned blogger for Senate candidate Mike Bouchard posts elaborate lie about Bouchard rescuing garbage man from buring truck: “Mike Bouchard leaps into action when a garbage truck catches on fire.” Video shows Bouchard kinda standing there… Jewel was on the Hill lobbying against mastectomies or something. [Roll Call]
• Yeas and Nays: Harry Shearer compares administration officials to Simpsons characters, hilarity ensues… Jewel again. [Examiner]
• Above the Dome: Arianna Huffington neglects to say “bitch” when singing Jill Sobule-penned theme song… The Indian American Republican Conference loves George Allen… Chris Dodd’s website claims he’s the only congress person fluent in Spanish, other Spanish-speaking members disagree. [The Hill]
• Reliable Source: Dick Cheney: “After about 10 minutes it suddenly dawned on us we were sitting smack in the middle of a topless beach. Life is always interesting when Henry Hyde is around.” [WP]

Up to this point, we’ve been enthusiastic supporters of Rep. Jack Kingston’s forays into the world of new media — his homemade videos on YouTube, his interns’ liveblogging during the Rayburn gunfire scare, etc. MORE »

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During the Rayburn craziness, we highlighted the blog of staffers and interns to Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA). They liveblogged last Friday’s insanity, from the belly of the beast. MORE »

Since its launch, a number of you have written us about the blog being written by staffers of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA). Now is a good time for us to mention it: they’re liveblogging from inside the bullet-ridden precincts of Falluja Compton Rayburn. Good stuff! MORE »

* Jack Kingston tries to beat Stephen Colbert at his own game: the game of murdering kittens. [Muckraked] MORE »

Most worrying press release of the day: MORE »