23/6 Scandal-off: U.S. vs the world

Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Everybody's favorite black pastor is back and dominating the news cycle with his trademark blend of inflammatory ranting and not being able to shut up. A double whammy, this scandal has not only busted the campaign wide open, but has inspired white racists to get out of bed in the morning.

Buswell chair sniff
Troy Buswell, leader of Australia's liberal party, held a press conference this week to apologize for an incident in which he sniffed a chair that a female staffer had been sitting on. He claimed it was a joke, but no one on the staff laughed. Probably because they were too busy vomiting. This scandal's got nostrils, but it ain't got legs.

Polygamists in Texas
The "misunderstood" polygamists of the FLDS are taking more flack for impregnating 31 out of 53 of their teenage girls and pleading their case with every CNN anchor who will talk to them. (They all will.) Unfortunately, the FLDS isn't winning over many hearts for polygamy. Particularly among the female 23/6 staff.

Creepy Austrian incest
How do you outdo a giant polygamy scandal in Texas with underage pregnant teenagers? Leave it to Austria to give us a Vincent Price lookalike who kept his family in a dungeon where he could privately live a life that would make Eli Roth cry.

Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair
When 15-year-old Miley Cyrus posed for Vanity Fair, no one expected that she would only be wearing a sheet. This scandal really hit home with American dads. They were all disgusted. Except for one. Who posed with his daughter in one of the pictures.

Prince William in Afghanistan
We'll never understand the world's obsession with British royalty, but, even from their perspective, this is only sort of shocking. It's not like this kid was running around kicking in doors. He probably put on a flight suit, walked around the base, talked to some guy about Blackadder and cricket, and got back on the plane.

Roger Clemens-Mindy McCready affair
American sports fans found out that Roger Clemens had a 10-year affair with country music singer Mindy McCready. The affair ended when she was 25, which wouldn't be so bad if we didn't know how to do basic artithmetic. Shocking, yes, but this story is missing something...

Ronaldo scandal
Transvestites! Brazillian soccer superstar Ronaldo, one of the most famous athletes in the world, was caught in a hotel room doing drugs with several prostitutes who were transvestites. Ronaldo denied the allegations, adamantly stating: "I DID NOT do drugs."

Philadelphia body parts scandal
It turns out those grieving families in Philadelphia didn't want their recently deceased family members' body parts secretly sold on the black market. This is bad. This is "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" bad.

Philippine rectal surgery scandal
And yet, the U.S. is challenged by the best kind of scandal: the kind where you get to watch legitimate journalists struggle through a very formal description of something really vulgar. The Southeast Asian medical community has been stunned by reports of the YouTube video of misbehavior during a particularly sensitive surgery. You Tube? Rectal? Misbehavior? We'll take seconds.