My brother Scott sent me this dandy link to a page on Wikipedia detailing a problem they've had with our elected officials. Seems some of the folks inside the beltway have been vandalizing wikipedia pages by replacing their own politician's pages with slick PR copy, while trashing their opponents pages with derogatory, and sometimes obscene writings. Naughty, Naughty.

Now the admins at Wikipedia have banned the IP addresses from several congressional offices temporarily, and are discussing a permanent ban to prevent people who can't play nice from being able to play at all.

Pretty sad commentary on our society, when a community like Wikipedia can find a way to work well together for the public good, but the people that we elect to protect the public good are trashing the community.