Um, actually, yeah, kinda

So apparently, as reported here and elsewhere, a fight broke out between members of the Ukrainian parliament. I saw the fight on CNN this morning and you can see it too here. It's kind of amusing.

But what amuses or perhaps scares me more is my answer to the question posed by the CNN reporter (forget who it was now): "Can you see that happening on the Senate floor?"

Um, actually, yeah, kinda.

Not only can I see it happening, but I can guaran-damn-tee you that would be the highest ratings C-SPAN ever got. I know I for one would tune in. And to be honest, it would probably go a longer way to solving problems than, say, the political posturing posing as ridiculously long diatribes with no point that very few people actually saw during Justice Alito's confirmation hearings. Instead, why didn't we just let Senator Kennedy or Senator Schumer duke it out with Alito? Better yet, we could have had a tag team match: Ted and Chuck vs. Sammy and Johnny.

But seriously, given the animosity that seems to exist between parties these days, are we really that far off from a Senate floor free-for-all?

Song lyric of the day:
"All's quiet on the front, smoky room
Boxer's standing tall, peering through
Finding no one left to fight, what to do?
To the ring to the right point of view"
- Carbon Leaf, The Boxer