5122: Stalling The Truth.

Guilty pleasures in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• On Wednesday, the Senate Ethics Committee declared Senator Larry Craig acted improperly during the infamous toilet stall incident, and he brought discredit on the Senate. “Your claims to the court … to the effect that your guilty plea resulted from improper pressure or coercion, or that you did not, as a legal matter, know what you were doing when you pled guilty do not appear credible,” wrote the committee in a letter. Wonder if they’ll seize Craig’s Senate bathroom key.

• O.J. Simpson’s girlfriend, Christie Brody, was in the hospital after taking a tumble, and Simpson is angry that tabloids have accused him of being involved. “I know everyone wants to jump out and assume this had something to do with me, but it didn’t,” said Simpson. In fact, if Simpson finds the people who claimed he was responsible, he’ll kill them.

• Sears announced plans to cut 200 headquarter employees, roughly 4 percent of its staff. Or about one employee per Sears customer.