man, i have the most respect for tony blair than any other politician i've seen in my short life.

i was flipping through the channels, and there was the normal "grilling" of tony blair by the house of commons.

if you haven't watched this before, you need to. it's nothing like what we have in the united states, and it's something we could learn from.

basically the house of commons are allowed to ask blair anything at all and basically it's debate after debate between blair and individual members of the house of commons.

and this isn't a civilized occasion ... oh no. these guys are pretty wild... think about eminem's free-styling scene in 8 mile, take out the hip-hop, and replace all the younguns with old british dudes and you've got it.

the amusing thing is how the house of commons realizes when someone's has subtly insulted someone else ("mr. blair, WHEN ARE THESE WEAPONS GOING TO BE FOUND?!") and start making noise as show of support.

you should watch it. it's really entertaining. and in blair's defense, he was damn good at defending himself. now i can see why he is so beloved by everybody ... he's so damn charismatic.

and sexy.