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Hot Seat accused of back-stabbing

A recent caller told us that when a local man was stabbed in the back 20 times, it had to be the work of a rogue Hot Seat editor. The only person capable of doing that much backstabbing in such a short period of time, the caller said, must work for The Hot Seat. We checked it out, and even though some of the deepest thinkers at The Hot Seat closely resemble the police mug shots shown above, these guys have never worked for this office.

What’s in a name?

Peacenik Willie and his pals tried to placate Japan by rechristening V-J day as an End of the Pacific War ceremony. Trouble is, thousands of veterans still remember why they had to fight and why their buddies died. They still remember how to vote, too. That distant droning sound outside D.C. last week was a sky full of incoming bombers, bent on making a mushroom cloud of political correctness. The White House doesn’t understand war but it occasionally understands politics. Willie ran outside waving a little white hankie and claiming it was all a misunderstanding. Too late. Baroooom.

Montana Senate fakes right, goes left

Several Montana Republicans embarrassed themselves this week by supporting a proposal requiring people convicted of homosexual acts to register with police. Sen. Al Bishop of Billings said consensual gay sex was worse than rape. He later apologized. Acting decisively, Gov. Marc Racicot refused to comment on the bill, saying he had not read it. By noon, his office had received over 100 calls critical of the proposal and he was threatening to veto the legislation. The funny thing is, no one, on either side of the issue, could remember anyone who has ever been prosecuted for consensual homosexual sex.

MEMO: The Hot Seat is a feature of the Sunday Opinion page. It highlights the most controversial comments from the week’s newsmakers. If you would like to nominate someone for the Hot Seat, call Scott Sines at 459-5405.