Apparently I've been out of touch lately. I'm innocently watching television, hoping for a pleasant evening of mindless entertainment. So I see the "Rick Mercer Report" is on, and tune in. That's got to be harmless, right?

But, no. What do I get? Yes, you guessed it. I know you did. Uh-huh. Bob Rae's butt. Now, don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against Bob Rae's butt. I just don't need to see it. And it turns out I could have avoided it - it was a repeated of the October 10 episode. Why, oh why, did no one warn me?!

OK, I'm over it now, so I'll make 2 observations.

1. Politicians will do literally anything to get attention these days.
2. We are stupid enough to fall for it.
3. OK, 3 observations. Rick Mercer is hilarious for 3 minutes on that other show. But 30 minutes of him is just too much. And, yes, we did see too much of him too.