This story really doesn't need to have any humor inserted.
Marisa Schultz of The Detroit News Washington bureau simply plays it straight, writing:
Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick said Monday she's excited about presiding over a week's worth of testimony about the existence of extraterrestrials.
The Detroit Democrat and mother of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signed up with five other former members of Congress to listen to testimony aimed at proving alien contact with Earth and a government effort to cover it up.
And oh yes, Schultz notes: The hearings, known as the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, will run through Friday abd are sponsored by the Paradigm Research Group, a private ET lobbying organization. The group is paying Kilpatrick, a former member of Congress, $20,000, plus expenses.
Now, only if her son Kwame Kilpatrick figured out how to get a nice chunk of change for something like this he might not be in the trouble he's in. -- A.L.
Earlier coverage: Spacey: Carolyn Kilpatrick Will get $20,000 to Ask About UFOs and Aliens, April 11
