Scandals Of The Day: Miss Washington & Jesse Jackson

I'm going to be in Tacoma in 11 days. Tacoma was in the news today. Because Miss Washington is from Tacoma, well, Wapato, to be precise. Apparently Miss Washington was runner-up in the latest Miss America Pageant. I didn't know that quaint practice still took place. I thought it'd been turned into a reality show, then cancelled.

Some embarrassing photos of Miss Washington, Elyse Umemoto, showed up today on the Internet. She apologized for the photos, in which she was shown flipping off the camera, while wearing her crown, then playing a drinking game that ended with her making suggestive hand signs. I assume involving her middle finger.

And in another scandal, Jesse Jackson was caught using some unfortunate verbiage. Again. He had been interviewed on some Fox News show. He'd been asked questions about Barack Obama. Apparently Reverend Jackson did not like Obama's Father's Day lecture to the Black Community.

Jesse Jackson thought the microphone was no longer hot. But it was. He was over heard saying something along the lines of Obama had made him so mad he wanted to remove Obama's testicles. The Reverend used more colorful language to express the sentiment. I believe the word 'nuts' was involved.

Jesse Jackson quickly apologized for his choice of words. I don't know if Obama accepted the apology or if he told Jesse Jackson that his was an example of the bad behavior he was talking about on Father's Day.