So Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. Good for him. My favorite quote on the subject, from Talking Points Memo:
“You know, with Al Gore winning the Nobel Prize for his environmental activism, it really makes the Nader voters look prescient, doesn’t it?”
For serious.
Tessie – The Dropkick Murphys
Dirty Water – The Standells
The Bartender’s Song – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
In (slightly) less important news, the Red Sox begin the ALCS with the Indians tonight, so here’s a few Sox-themed tunes for the weekend. My thoughts about the series can be summarized by borrowing a Simpsons joke from the folks at Baseball Primer:
I don’t use the word ‘hero’ lightly, but David Ortiz is the greatest hero in American history. Except maybe Al Gore.