In a stunning display of PR-prowess (my tongue is firmly planted in cheek) Winston-Salem’s own corporate goliath, R.J. Reynolds, allowed Tom Delay to fly to his arraignment in Texas on one of its corporate jets.  It also seems that the company has contributed $17,000 to Delay’s legal defense fund.

Well I guess it is fitting that the 2nd-largest US manufacturer of cancer sticks is jetting Congress’s own melanoma around the country.

Mom was right; you are judged by the company you keep.