Not Ray LaHood.PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: One of the nastiest anatomical terms as far as the sexy-regions go has to be the word “hood,” as in clitoral or foreskin. It’s gross and I don’t like it. That’s pretty much how I’m feeling about Ray LaHood, Barack Obama’s pick to run the Department of Transportation. LaHood (hrm) is a Republican with no real record to speak of on mass transit, except one good vote for Amtrak, and this was the cabinet spot I thought maybe … maybe would go to a real progressive. I’m annoyed. Unless, of course, Ray LaHood is related to Winona LaDuke, Or Patty LaBelle. Or founded La Yogurt. Or was involved in the production of La Pequena Ingrid Betancourt. Speaking of, where IS La Pequena these days? We need a La Pequena Energy Czar Carol Browner STAT.  LaHood is the second cabinet appointee in two days whose name evokes a nasty netherpart, following yesterday’s appointment of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack has drawn the ire of the Organic Consumers Association, who are launching a petition drive to keep Vilsack out of the cabinet. Print that on a bumper sticker. A couple other stories of note today: The protests in Greece over the death of a 15-year old boy haven’t let up. Greek youth (mmm shhh) unfurled protest banners on the Acropolis yesterday. What an image. This infuriated the government because defacing the Acropolis was going to “hurt the nations image abroad,” since weeks of unrest and the shooting of an innocent teenager by police was looking so good. Also, did you see those photos of Barack Obama in college? What sort of effect did they have on you? Tell us in the comments. Also after the jump, our random nonprofit/activist video of the week. Here goes! It’s a random World Wildlife Fund video about Alaska and it’s PRETTY. I found it relaxing.