By Steve Clemons

Just enjoy. . . Hat tip to HuffPost.

Former AIG Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg waited outside the Ritz Carlton in a very long line of well-heeled Washingtonians waiting to be allowed by the organizers to access air-conditioning and get into the event ballroom. I clicked my iPhone weather application and it was 89 degrees outside — high humidity.

China’s State Councilor and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Dai Bingguo said last night at a large dinner in honor of the US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue: Don’t Lose Any Sleep Over China.

  My good friend Bill Blansett used to drive this Wienermobile featured above in this dog rams house story. Just thought that this would tickle a few folks. Oscar Meyer has said that it is going to pay for the damages to the lady’s house.

This is a video clip of a public event I chaired with Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar — who was simply outstanding. Anyone interested in Arab media and current trends in the Middle East should spend some time watching this clip.

(photo credit: Andrea Neighbors) This picture of wearable Sarah Palin memorabilia was sent in by a TWN reader in Alaska. The note that came along with it said “So Long”. It does disturb a bit that some folks out there are probably wearing this shirt right now.

Two quick media alerts for this morning. At 11 am EST, I will be chatting with WNYC’s policy sophisticate Brian Lehrer about Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy initiatives and positions. You can listen live through the web if you like.

Leo Hindery and CNN Washington DC Bureau Chief David Bohrman at New America Foundation Dinner; photo credit; Sam Sherraden Matt Stoller from Representative Alan Grayson‘s (D-FL-08) office put out a public request for comments about executive compensation related legislation that Congress will soon be considering.

Two months ago, I spent some time in Japan and visited a terrific ryokan in Izu, Japan. A number of us went on the trip, but a couple there who were camera fanatics just sent news this week to me that they eloped and got married in Japan.

Matt Stoller, policy adviser to Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL-8), who is great on just about everything except the Middle East and Cuba — which I hope to nudge him on a bit one of these days — just sent me this request: Next week, the Financial Services Committee is going to be marking up a…