Irony in our Disappointment

Congress is broken, brought down not only by lobbyist and corporate influence but also by the obstruction of the Party of No. The supreme irony of our times is that only George W. Bush seems to be the savior, in that perhaps his abuse of power during his terms in office are the only way to fix Washington.

Lunacy

On Joy Behar's CNN show, she had a round table to discuss Sarah Palin's speech at the Tea Party Nation convention. On the panel were Stephanie Miller, Ron Reagan and…

Political Quick Hits

We got everything here, from the classy Michelle Obama, to the equally unclassy Sarah Palin, to favorable poll results for the repeal of DADT, and signs that the repeal will be reality shortly, to Chris Matthews being frightened, to putting the Teabaggin goodness into polling context.

‘Winter In America’

Only one song resonates with me on days like this, and it's been haunting me for 35 years: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk&feature=related[/youtube] Gil Scott-Heron: "Winter in America"