Yesterday I managed to catch up on comments, but by the time I finished, the temperature in my apartment was over 90°, where it remains at midnight. I wilted. I don’t know how I will do today, because I have a medical appointment, the heat wave continues, and I have had almost no sleep because of it.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 4:29. To do it, click here. How did you do?
Fantasy Football:
To join our fantasy football league, click here. We may not get to play. We still need three.
Short Takes:
From Alternet: Bombshell intelligence leaks on the Afghan war will likely deepen public pessimism over US hopes of victory and heighten President Barack Obama’s political exposure over the bleak conflict, analysts say.
The tens of thousands of leaked files have already added heat to slow boiling skepticism of Obama’s war strategy in Congress, including among Democrats, and will cement suspicion of imperfect ally Pakistan.
I’m holding off on this until I see more in depth analysis. It appears to confirm the flaws we already knew were there. The Obama administration meme that the files are outdated is true. But with so many officials saying the exact same thing, it appears to me that they are covering-up the reality that the same conditions still exist.
From Denver Post: Former Congressman Tom Tancredo is in the race for Colorado governor, he said this morning.
“I will officially announce at noon that I will seek the nomination of the constitution party,” Tancredo told The Denver Post.
Third parties are wonderful as long as they split the Republican vote, not ours.
From TPM: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a party fundraising event coming up in August that is scheduled to feature a very special guest: Conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart, according to a copy of the invitation exclusively obtained by TPM.
What gall! After what he has just done, decent people would shun him, until he makes amends. But the Republicans honor him. The Republican leadership are NOT decent people.
Cartoon: from Cagle.com
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2 Responses to “Open Thread – 7/27/2010”
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You know, TC, I am going to throw this down in the open thread. (that no one really reads, anyway. I do, so don’t discontinue it!)
You responded to an earlier post that there are too many DINOs that obscure the Dems with a spine. While that may be true, I have only to counter with the Dem “majority” in the Senate to show that one or two vertabre does not a spine make. At this point, Franken, and the other one or two, might as well be independents, for what good it would do them.
The House has always been a different story. I am certain that there is a ‘tree hugging’ liberal and a ‘gun toting, Bible thumping’ conservative in the House. The House has been the home of extremes, just due to its size. There is always a batsh** crazy district (*cough* Minnesota 6th District *cough* to not name one) that will demonstrate the extreme. The liberal extreme now is being hung on Florida’s 8th district and Alan Grayson. So the House is the home of extremes, and spines. (I remember an extremist from California’s 8th district… I wonder what happened to her, I haven’t seen her in years now.)
It is getting to the point that “Democrats” like Nelson are getting MVP nominations from the GOP. Really? Really? This party needs the slogan “Where are we going, and why are we in this hand basket?” (most Senate “Dems” couldn’t answer either part of that question.) I understand what the alternative is offering, but I can’t fight even a rusty sword with a wet noodle. If this is the best this party has to offer, you are really going to have to talk me down, again, from the 3rd party ledge. I am just not seeing the difference. Furthermore, I am of the opinion that things have to get worse before they get better. Apparently, ‘worse’ has not happened yet for America. Finally, and most important, I have to vote in Illinois where I have the choices of corrupt and more corrupt, party affiliation irrelevant. Which is which, depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is (thanks for that joke in front of a grand jury, Bill.)
Frustration is too kind a word for people like me. I am understanding why people like Dennis Miller have an opinion, but refuse to vote. (Which I still think he is a total a**hat for and I won’t listen to him anymore for it. Give me another election cycle of crap and crap Lite, and I may be running out to buy all of his albums, though.)
Otis, I’m glad someone reads it and wish more would. It packs more info and less space than anywhere else here, and it provides a venue for exactly what you’re doing.
I think that you’re making it worse than it is, due to the justifiable frustration you feel. Both my Senators, Merkley and Wyden, have served me well. I may not agree with them 100% of the time, but that’s OK. Most of the Democrats are reliable most of the time. Our consistent problems are Nelson (NE), Lincoln (AR), Landrieu (LA), Conrad (ND), and Rockefeller (WV). Sometimes we have regional problems. For example, no politician from WV, PA ao OH can vote against big coal and survive, Lieberman doesn’t count. He’s a damn Republican.
Sadly, our choice for now, short of expatraiting, is Democrats who are sometimes good and sometimes bad, and Republicans who are always worst. I love this country too much to abandon it, so I’ll just keep fighting, until they nail the lid on.
Sorry for the slow reply.