As a current resident of the baltimore suburbs, I laughed my a** of at that Baltimore joke.

I used to live in Maryland, so I got a good laugh out of the Baltimore comment. I would've laughed at the joke about the DC sniper targeting white people if it was accurate. I believe one of the victims was Hispanic. There might have even been a black victim, but I don't recall.

Joking about mostly young, mostly minority men killing each other over drug turf in post industrial inner city America.Ha Ha. FYI DC's murder rate usually outpaces Baltimore's , except for recent years where some of the mayhem has been gentrifyed out of town into inner ring suburbs of PG county.

As a former resident, I loved the Baltimore comment, too. I actually found your blog looking for the exact wording of the joke.

I believe the moment of zen was that clip of Bush walking in his bomber jacket walking with Blair in his sweater and waving to the cameras.