Who can? The ICANN can.

That's right webjunkies - The American Polis is pleased be part of spreading the incredible news that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (affectionately known as ICANN) has decided to approve the creation and use of the new domain ".mobi." When this news crossed the wires, TAP sighed loudly in relief at the end of our long national suffering. And for those not techno-savvy enough to figure it out, this new domain is apparently designed for the exclusive use of sites for mobile devices, such as cell phones and PDAs. The internet has now realized its full potential. Thank heavens.

Our friends in Luxembourg have decided that .com, .net, .org, .edu, .biz, .bs, .whothehellcares, and on and on were insufficient to cover the needs of the internet surfing world. While TAP couldn't point out Luxembourg on a map, and frankly doubts that such a country exists (TAP thinks Luxembourg is a euphemism for "some weirdo 12 year old's basement" since that seems the most likely birth place of website addresses), let us thank ICANN for their ingenuity. They have gone further than ever thought possible in making the internet more annoying than ever. The TAP wonders what was wrong with just a couple of domains? Seriously, we all know that if you have a .biz address (or now .mobi) that your website is about as credible as Doris Kearns Goodwin's footnoting (ooh snap, TAP went there). If you had a real website it would be a ".com" - you ".mobi" clowns ain't foolin no one.

The American Polis tips its cap to ICANN. Keep up the good work.