It got so bad someone told Justice Clarence Thomas to keep his mouth shut. ... Someone asked me what I thought about the incident in when the pilot ran screaming down the aisle of a Jet Blue flight and had to be subdued. I replied, “As long as he’s not in my row, I don't care." However, recent incidents have had an impact on airline boarding policies. At my last flight, boarding priorities were announced as follows: "families with children, military personnel, first class, elite members and raving lunatics." ... In the latest example of cross promotion by reality TV shows, Billy the Exterminator will appear on "Dog the Bounty Hunter." Billy will be asked to deal with an insect infestation in Dog's hair.  .., Governors from meat producing states defended the infamous "pink slime" as being just beef as they toured meat plants. Unfortunately, their arguments were somewhat undercut when the stuff started crawling towards them. In the meantime, governors of salt producing states hailed potato chips as a fine example of health food and the Blue Grass State defended KFCs bowls of mashed potatoes with gravy as a light snack.