This Changes Everything

According to the Albuquerque Journal, the mayor of Sunland Park, NM may have hit a vein of legal brilliance that promises to set a far-reaching precedent for men (and perhaps a few women) around the globe. From Talking Points Memo's recap of the story:

Ever have one of those nights where you wake up with a hangover and $1 million worth of architecture contracts?
No? Martin Resendiz (D), the Mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, certainly has.

According to court documents, Resendiz admitted in a June 2010 deposition that he was drunk when he signed nine contracts with the architectural design firm Synthesis+ for $1 million worth of work.

Resendiz is claiming that the contracts are null and void as a result of his inebriation, and he just may be right. At this very moment, Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan are seeking credible witnesses to swear that they were half a bottle deep in a bottle of Knob Creek during debt ceiling negotiations, while President Obama and Joe Biden are back-dating pictures of themselves smoking a bong with Nancy Pelosi. Frankly, more politicians should conduct business this way.

And think about the implications to society at large should Resendiz get off the hook. We've all got friends who took liberties with female guests who weren't their girlfriends whilst in college, right? (And distaff pals who have their own version of the story - let's not kid ourselves.) How much time and energy did these friends waste trying to cover their tracks or grovel for forgiveness, when all this time they could've walked tall as free men, simply by stating the obvious?

"I was drunk. Can't be held responsible."

Daniel Snyder's slapping his forehead somewhere. (Though, sadly, Jim Zorn doesn't really understand what we're getting at.) Bill Clinton, too. And the legions who'll read this can thank us later. The world will be a much better place if we can put an end to the coverups, the exhausting excuse-making, and move forward in the gin-soaked clarity Martin Resendiz provides us.

Cheers, my friends.