Call me a classicist, but the new NFL referee uniforms blow. Its like they were warming up in their spiffy track suits one day and just decided to roll out as is. Its what we - in the theater biz - call sans costume. Now I've only been a football fan for two seasons, but I remember seeing the old school ref's uniforms and believing in their ultimate superiority. To me knickers just say - "founding father." Where is the integerity one exudes as a Professional Football? Fucking Sopranos.

So a billion more troops going to the middle of nowhere and despite what everyone is telling him, our President seems hellbent on making a bigger clustertruck out of an already katrucked situation. But the fine contributors of FSLTW need to address the real serious issue of this depressing news conference - the bookcase. Now I guess this is pretty usual of the White House rooms. Eggshell paint on the trim - uber european wallpaper and a swank set of overhead lights that help remind the occupants that they are moving as they traverse the halls of America's "Seat of Power." But look carefully at the bookcases. Does it seem odd that they are fire engine red? Is this the library of black arts? I guess it looks nice, but a little contemporary for the White House. Don't get me wrong, the last time I was there was when we had a honest Republican/Actor in the White House and all I know really is what I saw on Eight awesome seasons of The West Wing. Maybe this signals the new era of American Politics. White bookcases when in peace and Red when at War. Maybe the bookcase color is W's shoutout to all those backward states that voted in the majority for him. Did Bill Clinton have Blue Bookcases? Maybe they simply compliment the material within. Bibles and old issues of Hustler go in Red while Cookbooks and Idiot's Guides go in Yellow. I was always a big fan of organization