Porn and graft don't mix

Remember how Michael Vick used to do funny crime? Like when he was investigated last January for trying to smuggle pot onto an airplane by hiding it in an equally FAA prohibited water bottle.

Now, a few dog carcases later, and Vick is the object of little but stone-faced scorn. To make matters worse, the QB is no longer the front runner for the light-hearted title of Best Worst Contraband Stasher of 2007.

That inside track now belongs to John Michael, an alleged money launderer indicted along with disgraced bribe-taking Congressman Duke Cunningham. When the Feds raided Michael's house looking for evidence of Cunningham's shady mortgage history they found the wanted documents hidden among Michael's collection of porn.

Or, as court documents describe it, "a stash of personal entertainment materials and paraphernalia."

Prosecutors are confident that by releasing in court the specific details of the porn stash it will establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Michael had concealed the Cunningham papers in a place he never wanted the sun to shine. Remember this is not just material, but also paraphernalia.

Which is why I'm betting -- even with more than three months left -- John Michael will finish 2007 as the year's Best Worst Contraband Stasher.