For those of you suffering through Mike Gallagher/Jason Mattera on H&C...

Despite all the evidence to the contrary, Jason Mattera believes that white folks have it tougher than everyone else, particularly when it comes to getting into college. "White kids are at a handicap," he says. "Handing out scholarships based on someone's color is absurd." So Mattera, who is president of the Roger Williams University College Republicans, decided to do something about this disgraceful bigotry against downtrodden whites - he's offered a $50 "scholarship" to the white student who can write the best essay on the subject of "why you are proud of your white heritage." The student must also provide a recent picture to "confirm whiteness," and the application for the scholarship says, "Evidence of bleaching will disqualify applicants." My, how clever and not at all offensive. Mattera himself is of Puerto Rican descent and believes that, "No matter what my ethnicity is, I'm making a statement that scholarships should be given out based on merit and need." Seems reasonable. Oh, except did I mention that Mattera happens to be the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship which is only available to minority groups? So I'm sure he'll be standing on principle and giving that money back immediately. Unless he's spent it already.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/04/144.html

Mike Gallagher is the leader of Gallagher's Army, a "charitable organization" which appears to be mostly dedicated to promoting, um, Mike Gallagher. And in case you were wondering, no, Gallagher has never served a day in his life, and yes, he sure does like to play dress-up.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/210.html