Can We Wear Obama On A Bandana? YES WE CAN!

Let’s start this inauguration off right: With this wonderful accessory my wonderful girlfriend purchased for me today near 30th Street Station. There’s even a website address on it in case you really need one of these. Ha ha, the Obama Pepsi knockoff logos in the corner! And the little sheep holding the Obama flag! Man, not even president yet and he’s already broken the record for presidential commemorative merchandise.

I’ll also direct you to this incredible faux-Warhol shirt Erica bought. Look, the inauguration is pretty cool, and Obama’s “Georgia 300″ train is really awesome, but I think it’s all the people trying to make a buck that are really getting into the true spirit of America. It almost makes a man want to cry.

Joe Biden’s speaking in Wilmington. He just quoted James Joyce: “When I die, Delaware will be written in my heart.”

Wilmington Councilman To Waste Time, Money

Usually, when people really care about stupid shit, it’s confined to them and their supporters. Take, for example, these people planning on a boycott of stores that sell toy guns. I, for one, cannot imagine caring about what kind of water pistols KB Toys sells. (When I hear people angry over toy guns at stores, I mainly think about whether products such as, say, the Nintendo Zapper would trigger a boycott.)

NBC 10’s Tim Furlong reports that “despite a September resolution from City Council asking stores to remove the guns from their shelves, some stores like KB Toys in the Franklin Mills Mall sell guns in all colors, shapes and sizes, including a realistic-looking machine gun and handgun purchased by Furlong.” Ooh, a toy gun sting operation!

Okay, so Philadelphia City Council did pass a resolution, but those people waste time like it’s their job. (Because it is.) But it wasn’t binding and KB Toys was free to continuing selling Super Soakers and more realistic-looking toys, too. But that’s not the case in Wilmington, where a City Councilman is planning on banning saggy pants.

Much like the councilwoman in Trenton who proposed similar legislation, the proposed ordinance would fine people up to $250 for pants that this one councilman didn’t like the style of. His reasoning is not the weird saggy-pants-are-a-gateway-drug argument in some locales where this has popped up, but simply because… ah… well, let’s let the councilman, Mike Brown, explain:

Brown defended his stance by saying, “Listen, I know under the first amendment everybody has their rights, but i have rights too.”

Although the right to wear saggy pants (the 22nd Amendment) is being eroded, fortunately we still have a lot of other of our civil liberties. Well, okay, hmm. How’s this: Fortunately, I can still make fun of this dude proposing the law online. It’ll be debated next month, which I can only assume will be completely awesome.