"Mary Ann" caught with dope. Next we'll find out "Ginger" did Spitzer.

Just came across this AP story on NYTimes.com, about Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island." Next thing you know we'll be hearing that the Professor was a closet gay who paid for male sex, that the Skipper and Gilligan applied for a same-sex marriage, that Thurston Howell III cheated on Lovey, and that Ginger, after failing to restart her career, became a high-priced call girl, servicing arrogant, power-hungry politicians.

Is there no end to this madness?

I am so depressed by the state of the world right now, I can barely blog.

It's not that the whole Spitzer mess shocks or even appalls me. (For a great little article on lyin', cheatin' politicians, and I realize that phrase is redundant, check out N.R. Kleinfeld's article, "Politics, and Scandal, as Usual." I also recommend, if it's available as a podcast, Peter Sagal, who wrote The Book of Vice, discussing why politicians cheat on today's "Talk of the Nation" on NPR. According to Sagal, JFK was one of the biggest "horndogs" ever, yet no one ratted him out, at least while he was alive. Ah, the good old days. Sagal also believes that prostitution should be legalized -- and made safe and regulated -- which I believe too.) Rather I'm depressed by the fact that an illegal war, that is costing the American public billions of dollars and thousands of innocent lives, gets a pass from the public and lawmakers while a governor's albeit very stupid and possibly illegal indiscretion is front-page news and the source of anger and outrage.