NEIL YOUNG WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS FINANCIAL NEWS: So he made a super-shitty song/video about, uh, Wall Street fat cats or whatever. Just do a blog on Huffington Post next time, okay? [Gawker]

• Heard on the Hill: Claire Shipman gave 16 House Members a pop quiz on the lyrics of the national anthem for tonight’s Nightline. . . Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s office has been fielding funny messages from constituents following last week’s incident. “Oh yeah, right, Ambien my butt,” said one caller. [Roll Call]
• Cindy Adams: The ousting of Porter Goss was an “emergency decision”. . . Rep. Patrick Kennedy knows “he couldn’t cut it” as president or senator. [NYP]
• Page Six: Pataki, Romney, and Frist court big donors at the Kentucky Derby. . . Clinton and Vernon Jordan receive a standing ovation for eating “mountains” of food at a Harlem restaurant. . . Sen. Kennedy seen on the Acela with George Clooney and Ron Silver. [NYP]
• Names & Faces: Sen. Obama, despite plea from Neil Young, has no plans to run in ‘08. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: James Carville reportedly likes Cosmo magazine. . . Wolf Blitzer’s daughter likes his beard. [WT]

* We hope Neil Young will remember some words that rhyme with “war” besides “door.” [Brooklyn Vegan] MORE »

* Heard on the Hill: Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Stephanie Herseth (D-S.D.) are sporting new hairstyles. . . Tourist enters the Cannon House Office Building unknowingly bleeding from his leg. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: Maury Povich and Connie Chung speak at Nathans, but allegations of sexual harassment against him “were the big unspoken subtext of the day”. . . Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Lisa Ling, and Christiane Amanpour, on behalf of Vital Voices, will give awards to Kuwaiti suffragists. [WP]
* Under the Dome: System of a Down band-members lobby lawmakers “to recognize the Armenian genocide that killed 1.5 million people 91 years ago.” [The Hill]
* Fox 411: Neil Young’s new song about impeaching Bush “contains the most pungent attacks on a US president in pop-rock since The Ramones recorded ‘Bonzo Goes to Bitburg’ in the late 1980s.” [Fox News]

You know, Mr. Young, we may have to revoke your license to rock in the free world if you keep up like this: MORE »