The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004

It's a little late for year-end lists, but my friend Kent sent me this wonderfully acerbic letterbomb from Buffalo's The Beast counting down the top 50 most loathsome Americans for 2004. In addition to listing each loathsome person's crimes against the greater good, the list helpfully suggests a custom-built poetic punishment for every offender. This is just the sort of laughing mad snot rocket I'd expect to be hocked forth from the city where President McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist.