Maryland governor Martin O’Malley is getting JACKED UP for the Baltimore Ravens’ playoff game against Tennessee on Saturday. So much so that the former Baltimore mayor has “directed that ‘GO RAVENS’ banners be hung on state government buildings,” according to the Carroll County Times. O’Malley issued a similar decree when the Ravens made the playoffs, as reported be Delmarva Media in December:

Gov. Martin O’Malley has ordered the top portion of the William Donald Schaefer Building in Baltimore to be lit purple to honor the NFL team.

O’Malley called coach John Harbaugh on Tuesday to congratulate him on the Ravens’ win.

I’m thinking that being governor of Maryland is a lot like being a blogger, only instead of aimlessly ranting into the vaccuum of the internet, people actually have to listen to the guv. And maybe I’m reading too much into the fact that banners supporting a privately-owned entity are being hung by order of the state. It’s good to know that those tax dollars are being put to good use in this economy–supporting the Purple Camo Militia. Better than posting the Ten Commandments, I guess. Thou shalt not steal? Like that has any place in Baltimore. Or Annapolis. Whatever.