Universal Healthcare=Universal Disagreement

Even when all the parties agree on a specific point, one or the other refuses to agree just to be contrary. I admit being a minority party is hard, and coming down from owning the White House for 8 years is hard, but do the Right/Republicans have to stonewall every single thing going through Congress just for the hell of it?

And Democrats: stop acting like you are either a bully or the minority! You can't be both. Seriously if you can't pass good legislation without a bullet-proof 60 seat majority in the Senate, I don't even know what to say. Which is pretty rare.

Inauguration

One of the most notable presidential inaugurations of all time is occuring in my city in which I currently live a only a few weeks. And I am not actually obsessed with the process. Makes you wonder what is wrong with me!

Last McCain/Obama Debate

If McCain says "my friends" or "I know how. . ." without ever explaining why! Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace.

Its not that this seems a little too convenient . . . but this seems a little too convenient

D.C. Madam hangs herself
I am not generally a conspiracy theorist. I like to think I am rational and do not invent conspiracies out of thin air. But this. . . hmm. A D.C. Madam hangs herself? While her death pretrial would have saved a lot more political butts, this does make you wonder.
It also begs the question. For a woman who threatened to commit suicide before returning to jail, why the hell did you run escort service that was even marginally questionable? Admittedly lucrative? Apparently even the threat of jail to those who are terrified of it is not enough to make criminals not commit the SAME crime. Maybe we do need to make punishments more scary, or give up all together for somethings, ie prostitution. Do we really think we are going to be the only states that stop the world's oldest trade, as ugly as it is? There are no conclusion in this, just more questions.


Police: 'D.C. Madam' Palfrey Hanged Self in Fla. - washingtonpost.com

I have seen the sign of the apoclypse

I just saw a climate control ad with Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson. Should we look for pigs flying and the three horsemen?

McCain is married to a beer heiress?

Holy cow, how did I not know that? Hmm. . . if you have to be related to someone who produces alcohol when simultaneously trying to win the vote of average Joe American, Budweiser would work for most people.
MSNBC
Yahoo! story

McCain and teleprompters

Yesterday CNN featured an entire segment devoted to the difficulty of speaking with teleprompters. All of which was directed favorably toward Sen. McCain and his obvious difficulty with it. The concluding statement followed the "give the guy some slack" theory. Once again I find it hard to do so. Why hasn't he learned this before? This isn't Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. McCain is no Jimmy Stewart. Or if he is, he is a well-seasoned (done to a turn, if you will) Washington fare, one that goes down a little too hard to be eaten many times over.

Although something must be said for a politician who consorts with unsavory politics for endorsements and the biggest story coming out of the press is his awkward speech style. Now that is PR.