the imbroglio

The song on constant rotation these days is Why Do I Keep Counting by The Killers. I mean, really, if all of our days are numbered…??

In the comments to a news article describing how a man was beaten badly by two other men after stopping them from raping a woman we find a fierce debate about that to do w/the “trash” (poor and homeless people) who live and hang out downtown and on the south side of town…. If the population of the “do gooders” want to help the “trash” so much then let them…. The ones who care about and take care of the ones they love can keep their money and spend it on the ones they care for and love.

The Bush Administration is trying to convince Congress and the rest of us that it needs permanent permission to spy on on us, and that the telecom industry should have retroactive protection from liability for their actions in helping the gov’t spy on us. How are they trying to convince us of that this is necessary?

According to a few very narrow questions, I should apparently vote as follows:99% Mike Gravel98% Dennis Kucinich82% John Edwards78% Barack Obama77% Chris Dodd76% Joe Biden75% Hillary Clinton71% Bill Richardson32% Rudy Giuliani28% Ron Paul20% John McCain16% Mitt Romney15% Mike Huckabee14% Tom Tancredo5% Fred Thompson2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizNo real surprises there.

So why were all the polls in New Hampshire wrong? Supposedly Hilary was on her last legs; a solid loss in New Hampshire and her own staff was planning to tell her to pull out of the race.

Case Management:Presidential Candidate: I admit, I’m just starting to pay more than passing attention to the campaign, but one thing is immediately clear: Barack Obama wins hands down when it comes to public speaking, both on radio and television interviews and in big speeches. The man is just awesome when it comes to stringing one sentence after another in a convincing, genuine, inspiring, and persuasive way. His speech last night compared to Hillary’s or McCain’s?

I’ve heard the phrase “don’t tase me, bro,” but never realized where it was from. Apparently it’s from this video:There are reasons I never thought John Kerry would make a good president, but… Did he really just stand there and mumble while this was going on?

Here’s one you probably haven’t heard before: Last year Time Warner submitted a new postage plan for periodicals to the Postal Rate Commission that set up a complicated rate hike that has raised the cost of postage for small-circulation magazines by 20-30%. That represents millions of dollars of costs those publications won’t be able to pay.

It’s happened again.

I do not think there can be much pride left in you. You have been kicked and flogged and insulted, you have screamed with pain, you have rolled on the floor in your own blood and vomit…. Can you think of a single degradation that has not happened to you?My fellow amYou are a difficult case.