By Bob Gibson
Daily Progress political blogger

  With my NCAA Tournament pool entry in the tank already, somehow I felt inspired today to try writing the worst pun of the year.

    This weekend’s Political Notebook tends to be an otherwise serious piece about Del. Robert H. Brink, D-Arlington, becoming a victim of a federal identity theft crime.

    A bad pun, a jab at hairy questions of virtual justice, seemed the best way to add a touch of light to an otherwise dark tale of Internet woe:

    This July 1, a new state law is scheduled to take effect that could slow down crusaders’ raw bits of posted data that could be carrots to criminals.