This picture seems appropriate considering the mess BP is in right now.

A big thanks to Drudge, WaPo, The Examiner, Fark, Gawker and the rest of the fine folks that linked to our post yesterday.  We had record-breaking traffic – which eventually brought down our server. We are currently searching Craigslist for more bandwidth. -The Editors

His first tweet was free.  We’ll see how much he charges for each additional tweet.  Our guess is that they’ll be much more expensive once he’s tweeting from jail. h/t Jordan

Musical Chairs at the White House press briefing room. [sad] Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately. Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet. Which press corp member will be tasked with …

Note to future campaigns: If you’re cash-on-hand numbers are low, try to sell the candidate’s hairpiece.  If your candidate doesn’t wear a hairpiece, try other things like fundraisers, telemarketing, direct mail, etc… The campaign of Missouri insurgent Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chuck Purgason is suggesting that his former hairpiece may …

** If you like this, you’ll love our Twitter feed ** Suns out, guns out… It’s going to take more than a little oil and a brittle economy to keep these White House staffers down…or their shirts on. Check out White House spokesman Tommy Vietor and chief speechwriter Jon Favreau …

We can hardly believe this. [rocket man] Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh had an unexpected wedding singer when he said “I do” for the fourth time yesterday to Kathryn Rogers at the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach: gay rights advocate Elton John, according to a wire report from the FOX-owned …

Not quite ready to start working yet?  Read these… Helen Thomas is not bat sh*t crazy, she’s just older than the rest of us [srsly] If you don’t want to listen to voter rage, just skip the Town Hall meetings [not rocket science] It’s good to be Sandra Bullock [MTV] …

I'm at Cava Mezze (527 8th St SE, Washington) w/ 2 others. http://4sq.com/7CunO1 # I'm at U.S. Capitol (US Capitol Complex, Washington). http://4sq.com/16cx7s # What happens in #Vegas … http://bit.ly/dnFHkz # @BlairDC thanks! We'll include your post in Hyper Hill today. http://j.mp/4GfU9G # … and on the 8th day, he …

h/t Sophia

Paul McCartney, a popular musician, recently expressed his true feelings about George W. Bush. [classy] “After the last eight years, it’s great to have a President who knows what a library is….” Rep. John Boehner was not pleased with McCartney: “Like millions of other Americans, I have always had a …

Meet Spike Lee.  He has advice.  You should listen because he’s famous. [go off] Related: James Cameron makes movies and knows how to plug holes. Why has nobody called Bruce Willis?

Republicans think their woman are hot.  [you be the judge]

He’s one of Washington’s most popular radio personalities and a good friend of FamousDC. Happy Birthday, McFly. Update: And now he does teevee! h/t BR

With the World Cup just 8 days away, who doesn’t need a new iPhone wallpaper?  [dope] A big h/t to Phil Coffman for the sweet designs.