Big Thug stars on NPR this afternoon.

It's 4:22PM. I'm listening to NPR's "All Things Conisdered" right now. The peicve has not yet aired, but they referenced it at the beginning of the show. If you want to catch it, first try tuning in FM 89.9 out of Jax. If you're south of Harriets Bluff, it should come in just fine. If you're north of there, try somewhere between 88 and 91 on your FM dial. You'll surely be able to get Gerogia Public Radio out of Brunswick or Waycross. If you miss it live, here's where you can go just after 7:00 this evening to read the story and listen to it (written version slightly more detailed). http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2 Also, you want to be sure to buy a hard copy of today's T&G. They are running the full transcript of a broadcast from NPR about a year ago where a reporter out of Savannah did a story about BTW's drug fund corruption. The guy won a national award for it. Somehow, that never made it onto the sheriff's website. 4:42. Okay, I just heard it. They refer to the drug funds as Smith's "personal slush fund." They played a snippet of Smith's saccharine campaign song; Smith himself speaks a few times - in praise of himself - ; moderator says Smith has built a "law enforcement empire;" speaking of the boats Smith has bought, the moderator observes that some local critics have started making references to "the CamdenCounty navy" (another reader!); they mention the $90,000 Viper. Simper Fido takes the reporter out to see it and is heard bragging that it won first place as the best D.A.R.E. car at a national D.A.R.E (I know I'm proud); the $250,000 to the Citadel; the $50.00 payments to inmates. Steve Berry is interviewed and speaks twice. When Berry brings up how the inmates built the house at the Ponderosa, Smith counters that it is a lie and reminds the reporter that Berry is, after all, a fiction writer. What snappy reparte'! When you head to the polls on the 15th, don't forget that this story about Camden County corruption was just broadcast to every city of any size in all 50 states and to the Armed Forces Radio Network overseas. Well, there's just enough time left for a precautionary puke before watching the news at five. I'll be back. 5:18 PM. Okay, I just saw the coverage of the arrest and the news conference on Channel 4, WJXT. Mercifully, there were only two quick glimpses of BTW at the news conference. The two of them could not have been more than 4 seconds. I heard him spouting that line about how it is a tragedy when crime "invades" Camden County, the subliminal message of course being that under the leadership of Big Thug, we don't actually have in indigenous, home-grown crime. Right! Oh, and, apparently, not only were the two "victims" cousins, but "Blue" is kin to at least one, if not both of them. I wonder if Big Thug will hold a "barbecue-by-Blue" fund raising cookout between now and July 15th? Hey, how much more outrageous would that be than some of the other things he's done?